Fluke (1995)

Buddy: Fluke

Quotes 

• Rumbo : [Rumbo is reincarnated as a squirrel]  Rise and shine, squirt. Now, don't let 'em catch you sleepin' here.

  Fluke : [happily]  Rumbo?

  Rumbo : Ha-ha! You didn't think you could get rid of me that easy now, did you, squirt?

  Fluke : [still happy]  Rumbo, I can't believe it's you!

  Rumbo : You better believe it. Come on over here. Come here. We've got a lot to talk about. But first, let me tell you something about being a squirrel. Rule number one...

• Fluke : Of course, I had to go away. I loved them too much to get in the way of their happiness. Jeff would be there now, in a way that I hadn't been. I didn't know how to live as a man and I didn't know how to live as a dog. Now I understand that life is something to be cherished in every form. So this is my story. Perhaps I was made to remember so that I could share it with you. And perhaps there are many out there like me, hiding behind the eyes of simple creatures. Maybe even someone close to you.

• Rumbo : Maybe we should stop here for a minute. They'll never find us here. I think maybe I'll lay down for a while. How are your eyes?

  Fluke : A little better.

  [Notices a wound on Rumbos side] 

  Fluke : Rumbo, you're bleeding.

  Rumbo : Listen to me, squirt. You stay in these woods until your eyes heal.

  Fluke : [confused]  What do you mean? I'm staying with you.

  Rumbo : I don't think I can help you anymore, squirt.

  Fluke : Rumbo, why are you talking like this? You're gonna be all right.

  Rumbo : Forget it. There's nothing you can do. Come closer.

  Fluke : Look, we've got to stay together. You and me, like always. I can't make it without you, Rumbo. I had another dream. My family's in danger.

  Rumbo : Fluke, things aren't always what they seem. Rule number one: there's no going back. You can't be sorry about that's been, squirt. You got to be.

  Fluke : Please. I have to know. Am I the only one. You were a man once, too. Weren't you, Rumbo?

  Rumbo : Remember that snapshot behind old Bert's counter? That was me. In another life. Bert was my brother. Hmm. I never really missed being a two-legger. But the sea... Huh. I wish I could smell the sea again. All I know is you were the best friend I ever had. I'll miss you.

  Fluke : Rumbo, don't leave me.

  Rumbo : [as he dies]  Maybe we'll meet again, squirt. Next time around.

  Fluke : [Sobbing]  No. Rumbo? No.

  [Voiceover] 

  Fluke : Rumbos words kept ringing in my ears: "There's no going back." But my family was in danger. I had to go to them.

• Fluke : [Opening narration]  I ask you to listen with an open mind, forgetting for a moment what you believe and don't believe. This is how it started. On a night like this. On a two-lane country road not far from here.