The Wild Thornberrys (2002)

Lacey Chabert: Eliza Thornberry

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Quotes 

• Eliza : I told them about my powers, and I lost them.

  Debbie : You did that for me?

• Sloan : You *will* regret this!

  Eliza : I don't care! What you're doing is awful!

  Sloan : And what you're doing is stupid! Shame you won't be here to help me carry out the ivory.

• Bree : I told Sloan he shouldn't cut that rope ladder.

  Eliza : It was you!

  Sloan : Yes. Thank you so much for returning my knife to me.

• Eliza : I need to talk to mom and dad.

  Debbie : You can talk to me! And pretend that I'm listening.

• Debbie : But can't you, like, make elephant noises or something?

  Eliza : Debbie, I can't talk to them! How can I help them?

• Eliza : Pretty amazing huh, Dad? The legend was right.

  Nigel : Indeed it was, poppet. But I still wonder why they gather during an eclipse.

  Eliza : Maybe the elephants feel safe.

  Nigel : Safe?

  Eliza : Yeah. Maybe because it's the one day that everything changes. The little moon blocks the powerful sun. So maybe...

  Nigel : So maybe they have reason to hope. Maybe these intelligent creatures believe that by standing together, as they have done for centuries, they may one day live without fear of man's greed.

  [the elephant leader return's Eliza's locket back to her] 

  Nigel : I don't know of course, but I swear she's thanking you.

  Eliza : I think so too, Dad.

• Eliza : [Sloan holds Debbie captive, after discovering she's related with Eliza]  LET HER GO!

  Sloan : Certainly, if you tell me who is your source of information!

  Eliza : I told you, there's no one! I... I just guessed all of that stuff! The fence, and the explosives and...

  Sloan : I NEVER MENTIONED EXPLOSIVES! YOU'RE LYING!

  Debbie : [choking]  What's he talking about?

  Sloan : [hold Debbie near a cliff]  TELL ME, OR SHE GOES OVER THE EDGE!

  Bree : JUST GET RID OF HER, SLOAN!

  Eliza : PLEASE! SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING, ABOUT THIS!

  Sloan : WHO TOLD YOU THESE THINGS?

  Eliza : I CAN'T TELL YOU!

  Debbie : [choked]  ELIZA!

  Eliza : STOP! WAIT! I'LL TELL YOU! I know these things, because... I can talk to animals.

• Tally (Cheetah Cub) : [leaps into Eliza's arms]  Eliza!

  Eliza : [hugs Tally]  Oh, Tally! I knew I'd find you.

  Tally (Cheetah Cub) : Eliza, we have to get out of here.

  Eliza : What do you mean?

  Sloan : [stands in the RV door]  Hello, Eliza.

  Eliza : Sloan. This cheetah cub... Where-- Where did you get him?

  Sloan : [enters the RV]  I picked him up on the savannah.

  Eliza : You bought him?

  Sloan : [chuckling]  No. I picked him up... right off the ground.

  Bree : [walks in and stands next to Sloan]  I told Sloan he shouldn't cut that rope ladder.

  Eliza : [gasps]  It was you!

  Sloan : Yes.

  [draws his knife] 

  Sloan : Thank you so much for returning my knife to me.

  Bree : Oh, kitten. You didn't drink all your milk.

  [snatches Tally from Eliza] 

  Bree : How are you ever going to grow big enough to make me a coat?

  Sloan : Oh, I'm afraid you'll have to miss the solar eclipse. You can catch it on the Poaching Channel.

  Eliza : You built the fence!

  Sloan : Of course. Now, here's a question for your famous father: How many volts of electricity does it take to kill a thousand elephants, hmm?

• Debbie : I don't know how I'm going to keep this secret of yours.

  Eliza : Well, you have to. I kind of agreed to a condition when I got my powers back.

  Debbie : Uh-huh.

  Eliza : You can never tell anyone my secret because if you do...

  Debbie : Yeah?

  Eliza : You'll turn into a baboon.

  [runs off] 

  Debbie : A baboon?

  [Nigel is filming his nature show, surrounded by baboons] 

  Nigel : The peacefulness of this congregation belies the true nature of...

  [Eliza runs through the baboons as Debbie follows] 

  Debbie : I am NOT going to spend the rest of my life with a big purple butt!

• Darwin : What's going on? I don't like the way that man is looking at us.

  Tally (Cheetah Cub) : Eliza, I saw them with fire sticks, and then there was a loud sound.

  Eliza : Explosives? Oh, we've got to get out of here!

  Tally (Cheetah Cub) : I'll help

  [tries to untie Eliza] 

  Eliza : Go, Tally, go. That's it.

  Darwin : Yes. That's it. Get the cheetah involved again. If we hadn't gone out looking for them that night, we wouldn't be in this mess.

  Eliza : Don't you blame Tally!

  Darwin : Oh, I'm not! Tally didn't sneak out without permission. Tally didn't run away from boarding school. Tally didn't trust those awful people who clearly don't like animals!

  Eliza : I thought they were like me.

  Darwin : When are you going to see that no one's like you? What more do you need? The shaman gave you a gift. Use it!

  Eliza : Darwin, please!

  Darwin : You know what I think? You don't know what to do with your powers!

  Eliza : Darwin! For once in your life, Just! Be! QUIET!

  [Darwin recoils back with a hurt expression]