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The Blob

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Meg Penny: The front door is locked.
Brian Flagg: [picks up a brick] That's okay, I got a key.

Meg Penny: Daddy, I'd like you to meet my friend Paul.
[notices Paul who bought condoms in his store earlier]
Mr. Penny: Ribbed.

Brian Flagg: Listen to me, Briggs, think for a minute, do you suppose an army of guys in plastic suits show up every time a meteor falls?
Dr. Meddows: [about Brian] Shoot him, that's a direct order!
Brian Flagg: How do you think they got here so fast? How did they even know when to come?
Dr. Meddows: Shoot dammit shoot!
Brian Flagg: I'll tell ya how! That meteor is man-made! It's some kind of a germ warfare test they fucked up!

Dr. Meddows: Let Me tell you a story. Dinosaurs ruled our planet for millions of years and yet they died out almost over night. Why? The evidence suggests that a meteor fell to Earth carrying an alien bacteria.
Meg Penny: Plague? Is that what this whole thing is about?
Dr. Meddows: Prevention!
Brian Flagg: And you think that this meteor brought some kind of killer germ?
Dr. Meddows: It's something I've expected and prepared for all my life!
Brian Flagg: Your meteor brought something all right but if it's a germ, it's the biggest son of a bitch you've ever seen!

Sheriff Herb Geller: I feel like the one-legged man in an ass kicking contest.

Col. Hargis: Let's scrag that son-of-a-bitch!
[the soldiers fire their weapons into the manhole]
Col. Hargis: SATCHEL CHARGE! SHORT FUSE! FIRE IN THE HOLE!
[Drops the explosive into the manhole and it detonates]
Col. Hargis: Chew on that, slimeball!
[after a pause, the ground all around them begins to tremor violently]
Col. Hargis: What's happening?
Brian Flagg: I think... you pissed it off!

Meg Penny: Nobody believes me about what happened tonight.
Brian Flagg: What did happen?
Meg Penny: You were there, you saw!
Brian Flagg: All I saw was an old man with a funky hand, that's all I saw.
Meg Penny: The thing on that man's hand killed him and then it killed Paul, and whatever it is, it's getting bigger!
Brian Flagg: So you told the cops? Do you mind if I ask you a personal question? I know you're the homecoming queen type and all but are you strung out on something or what?
Meg Penny: [laughs] You're just the same.
Brian Flagg: What are you talking about?
Meg Penny: You act like you're different, you put on this big show, but you're just like everybody else in this town, you're full of SHIT, Flagg!

Dr. Meddows: I want that organism alive.
White Suit #1: What about the civilians?
Dr. Meddows: They're expendable.

Jennings: Dr. Meadows, just for the record, I don't agree with any of this. Those people's lives are at stake.
Dr. Meddows: Don't you think I know that? This isn't one of you text-book exercises, Mr. Jennings. This is an experiment in biological warfare, or hadn't you noticed? That organism is potentially the greatest breakthrough in weapons research since man split the atom. What we do here will affect the balance of world power! Of course there are lives at stake - whole nations, in fact. And that's far more important than a handful of people in this small town. And that is my cross to bear, Mr. Jennings. Now carry out your orders.

Brian Flagg: [to Meg] I never thought I'd go out of my way to find a cop.

Mrs. Penny: Kevin, don't eat with your face.
Kevin Penny: Mom, we're in a hurry so we can go bowling with Anthony.
Eddie Beckner: And then to the movies.
Mrs. Penny: What movie?
Eddie Beckner: Garden Tool Massacre, it's your basic slice and dice.
Mrs. Penny: Your basic what?
Eddie Beckner: Well this guy in a hockey mask, he chops up a few teenagers, but don't worry, there's no sex or anything bad.
Mrs. Penny: They won't let you kids into a movie like that.
Eddie Beckner: No problem, my brother's an usher.
Mrs. Penny: No. Absolutely not.

Brian Flagg: In the meantime, we're your prisoners?
Dr. Meddows: Not at all, you're my patients.

Brian Flagg: [to the people of Aborville] It's a lie. All of it.

Eddie Beckner: [near tears] I'll be good I swear... I'll never see a movie ever again.
Meg Penny: It's gonna be okay.

[last lines]
Old Woman in Tent: When Reverend?
Reverend Meeker: [Looks up to reveal his right eye is now a mass of burnt tissue] Maam?
Old Woman in Tent: The day of reckoning. How far off?
Reverend Meeker: Soon Maam... Soon
[Holds up a jar in his badly burnt right hand]
Reverend Meeker: The Lord will give me a sign.
[Peers inside and we see a piece of the blob moving around inside]

Moss Woodley: [as snowflakes fall to the ground from the blob's demise] Hey man I told you we'd have snow... gotta have a little faith... I hope I'm covered for this sort of thing.
[Indicating to the blob's shattered frozen remains]
Moss Woodley: Hey bring the dump truck... we've gotta have this thing moved by dawn.

Meg Penny: [Indicating to a pipe whilst chest deep in sewer water] Come on... that's our only way out of here
[Moving past some sewer rats]
Meg Penny: Watch out for the rat.
Kevin Penny: [Confused] What rat?
[They look round to see the rats being consumed by the blob as it heads for them. Meg screams]
Kevin Penny: RUN!

Meg Penny: Brian! I need to talk to you. Brian?
Brian Flagg: What the hell are you doing here?
Meg Penny: Look, I came down to bail you out.
[holds out credit card]
Brian Flagg: Who do you think they are, Neiman Marcus? They don't take plastic.

Paul Taylor: We've had a car accident, this guy needs to see a doctor.
Meg Penny: He has something on his hand, some kind of acid, or something.
Nurse: Does he have Blue Cross?
Meg Penny: I don't know.
Nurse: Medical insurance of any kind?
Paul Taylor: Look, we don't even know who the guy is!

Brian Flagg: So, uh, Moss, how about the ratchet?
[Moss throws a skeptical look at him]
Brian Flagg: All right, maybe I'll put in a couple of hours over the weekend. Maybe that'll lighten things up a bit.
Moss Woodley: There's twelve sockets in that set. Twelve. And they better all be there when I get it back, too.
Brian Flagg: You got it, buddy. You got it. Thanks a lot, Moss. Hey, I owe you one.
Moss Woodley: You owe me too damn many.

Brian Flagg: [escaping the van being driven by government agents taking them back to town] You coming?
Meg Penny: Brian, I have to go back. My family's there, people that I care about.
Brian Flagg: I'm going. If you're smart, you'll come with me.
Meg Penny: Then go. Take care of yourself. It's the only thing you're really good at, isn't it?
Brian Flagg: No one else ever volunteered for the job.

Brian Flagg: It's locked.
Meg Penny: So what? Brian, what is with you? You're acting like a complete jerk.
Brian Flagg: I have a problem with authority figures.
Meg Penny: What are you doing?
Brian Flagg: I think we ought to get out of here. We ought to take my bike and blow this town. It's getting a little thick around here. Don't you think?
Meg Penny: That's crazy. These people are here to help us.
Brian Flagg: Come on Meg, we don't even know who they are. NASA, CIA, Royal Canadian Mounties, all I know is I saw a bunch of unmarked trucks back there, I think the whole thing stinks.

Brian Flagg: Are you coming?
Meg Penny: Brian, I have to go back, my family's there, people that I care about.
Brian Flagg: Well I'm going, and if you're smart you'll come with me.
Meg Penny: Then go. Take care of yourself. That's the only thing you're really good at, isn't it?

Pharmacist: You want the ribbed or the regular?
Scott Jeske: Ribbed I guess.
[to Reverend Meeker]
Scott Jeske: They're not for me.

Jennings: The organism is growing at a geometric rate. By all accounts, it's at least a thousand times its original mass.
White Suit #1: This will put U.S. defense years ahead of the Russians.

Meg Penny: [to Deputy Bill Briggs] It can't stand the cold.

Meg Penny: Sir, excuse me, but I think my little brother's over at the movie theatre on Main Street.
Soldier Outside Town Hall: We're doing by sector. We'll be there soon.
Meg Penny: Right, but you don't understand...
Pharmacist: We'll handle it okay, now get back in line.
Pharmacist: I don't see you handling much of anything... are you on a coffee break?
Soldier Outside Town Hall: [Now irritated] Look mister
Pharmacist: [Snaps] Don't you look mister me... I'm a tax payer... I pay your salary... now what are you going to do about finding my son?
Soldier Outside Town Hall: [as her father argues with the soldier... Meg takes off into the crowd] I understand you're upset, Sir, but if you just get back in line. We have the situation under control.
Pharmacist: [Grudgingly] I know.

Reverend Meeker: [Concluding his speech to his doomsday congregation] Consuming sinner and saint alike... who shall be lifted up to rapture when the judgment trumpet blows? None but the faithful brothers and sisters... None but the faithful.

Paul Taylor: Flagg! What'd you do to him?
Brian Flagg: Hey I'm not the one who bounced him off my car!
Paul Taylor: YEAH RIGHT! You ran him into the middle of the road!
Meg Penny: Stop it! Let's get him to a doctor!

Can Man: The sky, it fell from the sky!
Paul Taylor: What's he saying?
Meg Penny: He's in shock, let's just go!

Paul Taylor: Hey, get in the car.
Brian Flagg: What for?
Paul Taylor: There's going to be a lot of explaining to do and you're part of it, now are you gonna get in the car, or am I going to make you get in?
Brian Flagg: What's the matter, Taylor? You worried about a little insurance claim on daddy's car, huh? Maybe I will come along, just to make sure you don't try pinning this whole thing on me.

Deputy Bill Briggs: Flagg! What are you doin' here boy?
Brian Flagg: The men from Glad here are showin' us how to keep our leftovers fresh.

Sheriff Herb Geller: Flagg, congratulations.
Brian Flagg: For what?
Sheriff Herb Geller: Well, I hear you have a birthday comin' up. No more juvie hall, right?
Brian Flagg: Yeah, right.
Sheriff Herb Geller: Now, you mess up now, and you're in the majors. I'll see you around, Flagg.

Brian Flagg: Moss, what's happenin'?
Moss Woodley: You look like hell.
Brian Flagg: Hey, it's a fashion statement, man.
Moss Woodley: Well, the only statement them clothes got to make is, "I look like hell".

Brian Flagg: All right, Meddows. If you won't listen to me, listen to this.

Scott Jeske: Uh, lend me five bucks just till tomorrow, okay?
Paul Taylor: What for?
Scott Jeske: Hey you know, you're not the only one with a date tonight, pal. Im-I'm gonna score with Vicki tonight. I want to invest in a little protection. Come on.
Pharmacist: Let's go, boys. It's closing time.
Paul Taylor: [lends him five dollars] All right. Here.
Scott Jeske: Thanks.
Paul Taylor: Make it quick.
Scott Jeske: Uh, look, pal. Give me a pack of Trojans and a Binaca spray.
[Puts on sunglasses]
Reverend Meeker: Scott Jeskey.
Scott Jeske: [takes of sunglasses] Reverend.
Reverend Meeker: Good game today!
Scott Jeske: Uh, thanks. Thanks, Reverend. How are ya?
Reverend Meeker: Well, my hay fever is acting up a little bit, but I'll live.
Scott Jeske: Yeah.
Reverend Meeker: Haven't seen you at the Sunday services lately.
Scott Jeske: Oh. Yeah, well, I ...
Pharmacist: [holds up two boxes of Trojans] You want the ribbed or the regular?
Scott Jeske: Ribbed, I-I guess. They're -They're not for me, you know. They're for my friend.
Reverend Meeker: Oh?
Scott Jeske: There's this-this-this sort of naive girl he's planning on--uh... Well, you know. And, uh, I insisted that he take precautions.
Pharmacist: Why doesn't he pay for them?
Scott Jeske: I had to drag him down here as it is. The guy is totally irresponsible.
Paul Taylor: Hey, come on, Scott. What's the holdup? I can't keep this girl waiting.
Pharmacist: The boy doesn't need condoms. He needs a muzzle.

Deputy Bill Briggs: [as Brian picks up an M16 rifle] Flagg! Drop it!
Brian Flagg: It's a lie! All of it!
Deputy Bill Briggs: I said, put it down. I'll blow you out of your shoes, boy.
Dr. Meddows: Shoot him.
Deputy Bill Briggs: [points his gun at Hargis and Meddows] Freeze, mister!
[Other scientists point their rifles in a Mexican standoff]
Deputy Bill Briggs: All right, hold on. Everybody... just lower your weapons.
Dr. Meddows: [pointing at Brian] He's infected! Contagious! He'll spread a plague through this place and kill all of you!
Brian Flagg: Listen to me, Briggs. Think for a minute. Do you suppose an army of guys in plastic suits show up every time a meteor falls?
Dr. Meddows: Shoot him. That's a direct order!
Brian Flagg: How do you think they got here so quick? How do they even know when to come?
Dr. Meddows: Shoot, damn it! Shoot!
Brian Flagg: I'll tell you how! That meteor is man-made! It's some kind of germ warfare test they fucked up!
Deputy Bill Briggs: [Meddows takes the rifle from Hargis] Don't try it!
[the blob grabs Meddows by the leg causing him to shoot the rifle in the air hitting Briggs in the shoulder the blob pulls drags Meddows down the manhole to his death]

Dr. Meddows: [as the meteorite is hoisted up off the ground] we suspected that conditions in space would have a mutating effect on bacteria, but this...
Soldier: It's activity must be what threw the satellite out of orbit.
Dr. Meddows: Correct. Our little experimental virus seems to have grown up into a plasmic life form that hunts its prey. A predator. It's fantastic.
Jennings: Sir, the organism is growing at a geometric rate. By all accounts, it's at least a thousand times it's original mass
Col. Hargis: This'll put U.S. Defense years ahead of the Russians.
Jennings: You don't understand. At this rate, by next week there may be no U.S.
Dr. Meddows: Nonsense. All we have to do is contain it properly. As far as the locals are concerned, this is simply a medical quarantine. Nobody gets in or out.
Jennings: Dr. Meddows. Just for the record, I don't agree with any of this. Those people's lives are at stake.
Dr. Meddows: Don't you think I know that? This isn't one of your textbook exercises, Mr. Jennings. This is an experiment in biological warfare. Or hadn't you noticed? That organism is potentially the greatest breakthrough in weapons research since man split the atom. What we do here will affect the balance of world power. Of course there are lives at stake-- whole nations, in fact. And that's far more important than a handful of people in this small town. And that is my cross to bear, Mr. Jennings. Now, carry out your orders.
Jennings: Yes, sir.

Dr. Meddows: [as his men point rifles at Brian and Meg] Put those weapons down. We're here to help you.
Brian Flagg: Hey, pal, you wanna fill us in? Who the hell are you people?
Dr. Meddows: I'm Dr. Meddows. Where government sanctioned biological containment team.
Meg Penny: Biological containment?
Dr. Meddows: We're microbe hunters, young lady.
Deputy Bill Briggs: Flagg? What are you doing here, boy?
Brian Flagg: The men from Glad here are showing us how to keep our leftovers fresh.
Deputy Bill Briggs: These people are here on serious business. They don't have time for your bullshit. Okay?
Dr. Meddows: Colonel, has the deputy been briefed in detail?
Col. Hargis: Yes, sir.
Deputy Bill Briggs: I'm just heading back to town now to get things started.
Dr. Meddows: Splendid. Colonel Hargis will arrange an escort.
Meg Penny: What is going on over there?
Dr. Meddows: That's the source of our worries-- a troublesome souvenir from space.
Meg Penny: What?
Dr. Meddows: A meteorite. Don't get too close. There's danger of contamination.
Meg Penny: I don't understand.
Dr. Meddows: Let me tell you a story. The dinosaurs ruled our planet for millions of years, and yet they died out almost overnight. Why? The evidence suggests that a meteor fell to Earth bearing an alien bacteria.
Meg Penny: Plague? Is that what this whole thing is about?
Dr. Meddows: Prevention.
Brian Flagg: You think this meteor brought some kind of a killer germ?
Dr. Meddows: It's something I've expected and prepared for all my life.
Brian Flagg: Well, your meteor brought somethin', all right. But if it's a germ, it's the biggest son of a bitch you've ever seen.

Dr. Meddows: I can't begin to thank you both. This information is incredibly valuable. Please, get in.
[Motions them both to a van]
Meg Penny: Where are we going?
Dr. Meddows: Back to town. Aborville is under quarantine until we've isolated that organism and checked every living soul for signs of infection.
Brian Flagg: In the meantime, where your prisoners.
Dr. Meddows: Not at all. You're my patients.
Brian Flagg: That sounds like the same thing to me.
Meg Penny: Brian...
Dr. Meddows: Young man, please, step into the van.
Brian Flagg: Look, thanks for the offer, Doc, but my bike's right back there and we can make it back on our own. Hey, by the way, I love your tailor. I gotta get me one of the those.
[Tries to leave with Meg to go on his bike back to town but is stopped by other soldiers]
Col. Hargis: Get in the van.
Brian Flagg: Van ride sounds nice.

Meg Penny: [Meg rescues Kevin from the sewers but then can't get out herself. Kevin tries to save her anyway, to no avail] Run, Kevin! Go to Town Hall!
Kevin Penny: No, but Meg...
[then, before he can respond]
Meg Penny: DO IT NOW!
Kevin Penny: [gets up, resignedly] I'll miss you, Meg.
[as he runs off, Meg dives back into the sewer and swims for it; sure enough, she finds an alternate way out]

Kevin Penny: [Pokes his head around his front door] Who are you?
Paul Taylor: I'm Paul is you're sister in?
Kevin Penny: Just a second.