Cry-Baby (1990)

Amy Locane: Allison Vernon-Williams

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• Cry-Baby : That's right, Allison. My father was the "Alphabet Bomber." He may have been crazy, but he was my pop. Only one I ever had.

  Allison : God. I heard about the Alphabet Bomber. Bombs exploding in the... in the airport and barber shop...

  Cry-Baby : That's right. All in alphabetical order. Car wash... drug store... I used to lay in my crib and hear him scream in his sleep..."A,B,C,D,E,F,G... BOOM! BOOM!"

  Allison : But your mom...

  Cry-Baby : My mother tried to stop him. She couldn't even spell, for Christ's sake, but they fried her too.

• Cry-Baby : Kiss me! Kiss me hard.

  Allison : I've never given a French kiss before.

  Cry-Baby : Watch, it's easy. You just open your mouth, and I open mine, and we wiggle our tongues together. And it feels real sexy.

  Allison : I won't get mononucleosis, will I?

• [Allison stops Cry-Baby from fondling her] 

  Allison : I wanna let you, but I can't, for my parent's sake, Cry-Baby. They're both dead. I'm an orphan!

  Cry-Baby : I'm sorry, Allison. But no wonder we're together, honey. I'm an orphan, too.

  Allison : You are?

  Cry-Baby : Yes! And orphans have special needs.

  Allison : Just on the outside of the shirt, okay?

  Cry-Baby : Is it okay with you?

  Allison : Yes. Oh, yes!

• Allison : [to herself]  I'm so tired of being good.

• Allison : What's the matter, Cry-Baby?

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : Everything's the matter!

  Allison : It's just the thunderstorm. Heat lightening. It's sexy.

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : It's not sexy! Electricity makes me insane!

• Baldwin : We're squares, Allison, and squares got to stick together.

  Allison : Yeah, but Drapes are people too. They just look different.

• Cry-Baby : [singing]  You'll be Queen, and I'll be your King / But if you leave my hive you're gonna feel my sting. / Cause you're my Queen.

  Allison : [singing]  You're the King.

  Cry-Baby , Allison : [singing]  A king Queen.

  Cry-Baby : [singing]  A King cry baby with my Queen by my side.

  Cry-Baby , Allison : [singing]  And if you mess with us man, you're gonna cry, baby, cry, baby, cry, baby, cry.

• Allison : [to Cry Baby]  Mommy and Daddy took separate planes for safety, you know, in case one plane crashed, I'd still have a living parent. But Cry Baby, both planes crashed and I never saw my parents alive again.

• Cry-Baby : I'm gonna sing tonight and thought she might like to hear it.

  Mrs. Vernon-Williams, Allison's Grandmother : Baldwin, mind your manners.

  Baldwin : This is what we think of your kind of music

  [punches him] 

  Allison : How dare you hit him? You don't own me, Baldwin. I have the right to hear Cry-Baby sing.

  Baldwin : Don't get all worked up honey. The punk got what he deserved.

• [Allison and The Whiffles finish singing "Mr. Sandman"... Uncle Belvidere whisks Allison down a rope] 

  Milton Hackett : Allison Vernon-Williams, the decision is yours...

  Uncle Belvedere Rickettes : You sang with the squares, now sing with the drape!

  [everyone cheers] 

  Baldwin : We'll get married and live in Suburbia. I love you Allison

  Allison : I don't want to hurt you Baldwin.

  Lenora Frigid : [snatches toy baby away from little girl]  I had my baby. Isn't he cute? I'm a square now. Wave to Allison.

  Mrs. Vernon-Williams, Allison's Grandmother : You may be a square Lenora, but you're still a tramp.

  [Mrs. Vernon-Williams turns to look at Allison] 

  Mrs. Vernon-Williams, Allison's Grandmother : Allison, pick the man who loves you the most.

  Allison : [singing]  Please, Mr. Jailer, Won't you let my man go free? Please, Mr. Jailer, Won't you let my man go free? He don't belong in prison, Though he's guilty as can be, But the only crime he's guilty of, Is simply loving me...

• Allison : It's really wild, but I'm-I'm afraid that I'm not gonna fit in here. You know, with your friends, and stuff.

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : You're cool, Allison. You just look square. Underneath it all, I think you're really hep.

  Hatchet-Face : Well, what have we here?

  Wanda : The first square to ever set foot in Turkey Point.

  Pepper : Hey fine mama, welcome to the Jukebox Jamboree!

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : These are the Cry-Baby girls. That's Wanda.

  Wanda : Dig it, babe. You need a new look!

  Hatchet-Face : Don't you got tits? Stick 'em out, for God's sake!

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : That's Hatchet-face. She don't mean no harm.

  Pepper : The first thing a Cry-Baby girl learns: our bazooms are our weapons!

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : Now, Pepper's pregnant, but she can fight like a man!

  Wanda : I wouldn't be caught dead in a full skirt.

  Pepper : Hey girls, what do you think? Let's give Allison here a bad girl beauty makeover. You game?

  Allison : Sure! Think I got what it takes?

  Hatchet-Face , Wanda , Pepper : Whoa ho ho!

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : You got it, Allison. You got it raw!

• Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : Allison, I'm sorry to get you locked up! But tonight, well, you were the coolest date I ever had!

  Allison : But Cry-Baby, who was that girl? Why didn't you tell me you already had a lady friend?

  Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : That Lenora ain't nothing to me! I swear on my daddy's grave! I'm burning inside to touch you, baby!

• Cry-Baby : [singing]  High school hell cats.

  Pepper , Hatchet Face , Milton Hackett , Allison , Wanda : [singing]  On our own.

  Cry-Baby : [singing]  High school hell cats.

  Pepper , Hatchet Face , Milton Hackett , Allison , Wanda : [singing]  Almost grown.

  Cry-Baby : [singing]  Come on pick a fight, we wish you would. I love being bad cause it sure feels good. Oh-oh!

• Allison : He lied to me, Grandmother. And the whole worid knows that I'm just a Drape fool.

  Mrs. Vernon-Williams, Allison's Grandmother : Oh, heavy hangs the head, that last night wore the crown.

• Allison : Oh, Crybaby, your fingers feel so good!

  Cry-Baby : I've been saving it up for a girl like you.

• Cry-Baby : [singing]  I had my first cigarette before I could walk / And I was strumming this guitar before I could talk, Cause I'm the King.

  Hatchet-Face , Wanda , Pepper , Milton Hackett , Allison : [singing]  King Cry Baby.

  Cry-Baby : [singing]  Yeah, I'm the King.

  Hatchet-Face , Wanda , Pepper , Milton Hackett , Allison : [singing]  King Cry Baby.

  Cry-Baby : [singing]  Oh, I'm the King.

  Hatchet-Face , Wanda , Pepper , Milton Hackett , Allison : [singing]  King Cry Baby.

  Cry-Baby : [singing]  A King Cry Baby with a tear in my eye / If you mess with the King you're gonna cry, baby, cry, baby, cry, baby, cry.

• Allison : Maybe Cry-Baby can sing. Something cool, something hep.

  Mrs. Vernon-Williams, Allison's Grandmother : And where did you learn those vulgar jazz words? Your poor dead parents would turn over in their graves.

  Baldwin : It's those jukebox records she listens to. Honey, his kind of music isn't even on the Hit Parade.

• Allison : [singing]  My friends all know it, How I adore him, I've whispered to angels, What I'd do for him, He is the answer, To a teenage prayer...

• Allison : Please! It's not a school night, and I have been a good girl. Just one night of happiness, that's *all* I ask.

  Mrs. Vernon-Williams, Allison's Grandmother : But what if you get your dress dirty?

  Allison : Thank you, Grandmother.

• Wade "Cry-Baby" Walker : Been to Turkey Point before?

  Allison : My Grandmother wouldn't let me. She calls it the Redneck Riviera.

• Allison : [singing]  Give him a pair of eyes with a come hither gleam, Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci, And lots of wavy hair like Liberace...

• Allison : Cry-Baby Walker, I hope you're happy with Lenora. I only have one thing to say to you. I think you're a liar and a cad, and I spit on your tears.