The Wild Thornberrys (2002)

Tim Curry: Nigel Thornberry, Col. Radcliff Thornberry

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Quotes 

• Nigel : You will have your own challenges, and I predict you'll meet them splendidly.

• Nigel : Stand perfectly still!

• Col. Radcliff Thornberry : They didn't call me colonel because of my chicken!

• 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.

• Nigel : [at the end of the film]  These hairless primates you see behind me are part of an untamed subspecies, best known as the Thornberrys.

• 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!