Free Willy (1993)

Lori Petty: Rae Lindley

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• Rae : You like whales?

  Jesse : I like him.

  Rae : Well, he doesn't like anybody. So you be careful around him. You see, Willy's a case. A very special case.

  Jesse : So? Who isn't?

• Rae : [about Willy]  Randolph, you ever see him jump that high?

  Randolph : Things can happen.

• Rae : [to Willy after getting splashed by him]  Well, you have a nice day too, grouch.

  Jesse : [laughing]  He likes messing with people's heads. Doesn't he?

  Rae : Yes, he does. If I can't get him to perform, no one can. Orcas are usually nice and smart. Willy's smart and nasty. You really like him?

  Jesse : Yeah.

  Rae : [gives Jesse the box of fish scraps]  Good. You can help me.

• Jesse : He's got a family out there. I heard em. Don't you get it? He's homesick. That's why he acts so weird.

  Rae : Jess...

  Jesse : Rae, they tried to kill him.

  Randolph : Hand me that, Jesse.

  [Jesse hands Randolph the rope] 

  Rae : Randolph, did you call the police?

  Randolph : What good would that do? If we don't get Willy into the water soon, he's gonna die. Rae, either get the heck out of here or go turn on the #2 pump.

• Rae : You and Dial bought Willy from some slimeball whale catcher. He was too big and too old to be caught in the first place. Then, you put him in a dolphin tank alone. He's not a natural performer. You expect me to work miracles?

  Wade : We paid to train him. Not analyze him.

  Rae : These are not the circumstances you described to me when I signed on.

  Wade : You're a professional, right? So make it work.

  [Jesse sneaks pass Rae and Wade's argument and sees Willy eyes in sadness] 

  Wade : Dial's given me a line and I am not gonna cross that.

  [Jesse looks at the rope, but is cautious that he might get caught] 

  Rae : This is not about crossing the lines.

  Wade : Which words don't you understand? Look, if the whale was to bring in customers...

  [Willy cries while still being frightened by the nets] 

  Wade : Then we could spend some money on him. But since he's not, you're just gonna have to make do with what you've got.

  [Jesse unties the rope to release Willy] 

• Rae : Willy and I didn't get off to a very good start. He thinks I'm the Wicked Witch or something cause of all the medical tests I had to do on him.

  [Rae finishes feeding Olivia and Belinda] 

  Rae : You know out in the ocean, killer whales like Willy live in families. Pods. Some of them spent their whole lives with their moms and they never leave them.

  Jesse : Never?

  Rae : [nods]  Nope. Their social structure's really important to them. Over fifty orcas have been seen traveling together. Some of them stayed together forever for their whole lives.

• Rae : Jess, we won't let anything happen to Willy. I promise.

• [Jesse tosses two big empty soda bottles that are connected to a rope] 

  Rae : What you got there?

  Jesse : It's a toy that I made for Willy.

• Jesse : Willy's a killer whale, right? So will he kill us?

  Rae : No. Orcas are just hunters. Mostly they eat fish. Well, sometimes they eat porpoises, squid, birds, sharks. Willy really likes his salmon. That's his chocolate.

• Rae : Orcas love to be touched, pet, hugged, anything like that.

  [Willy continues to lie on his back] 

  Rae : Oh, they love to have their tongues stroked.

  Jesse : Wait a minute. Y-You want me to take my hand, stick it in his mouth and rub his tongue?

  Rae : Yeah, eventually.

  Jesse : I don't think so.

  [Willy sticks his tongue out] 

  Rae : You'll learn to read him. You'll be able to do it.