The Facts of Life (TV Series)
Growing Pains (1981)
Kim Fields: Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey
Quotes
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Blair Warner : [after coming clean with Mrs Garrett about the wine] I just had another one of my brilliant ideas. Why bother Mr Parker with any of this?
Edna Garrett : Blair...
Blair Warner : No, no, no, what I mean is, why don't you punish us?
Edna Garrett : NO!
Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek Bonner : Yeah! Well, you've done it before.
Natalie Letisha Sage Green : And you're so good at it!
Edna Garrett : I couldn't be severe enough with you girls!
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Sure you would, we trust you.
Edna Garrett : I mean what could I do? Ground you for a couple of weeks?
Natalie Letisha Sage Green : Make it a month.
Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek Bonner : Make it two.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : And no television during the week.
Natalie Letisha Sage Green : Or on weekends. And no dates.
Blair Warner : [Blair reacts, but gets a look from Jo and relents] No dates.
Edna Garrett : Lets' see. Grounded for two months... no television... no dates! Well then, all things considered, I'll take a chance on you. I won't go to Mr Parker. But girls, if you ever think of pulling a stunt like this again, you're on your own.
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Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : [re Blair's party with wine] It's against the law, it's against the rules... Why didn't you invite me?
Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek Bonner : This isn't your speed.
Blair Warner : We're in the fast lane, Tootie. You're on the bike path.
Natalie Letisha Sage Green : Face it, kid. You're under the hill.
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Natalie Letisha Sage Green : I met him at the Acron country fair. Now I know why God created vacations. So my family could drive across county and I could meet boys.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : [brushing her hair, plays woman of the world] Yeah, I know.
Blair Warner : I didn't meet any boys on my vacation. In Europe,
[with her arm around Natalie's shoulder:]
Blair Warner : they're born men.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : Yeah, I know.
Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek Bonner : What's with this "Yeah, I know"? You spent the entire summer at the Mini-Ha-Ha camp for girls.
Natalie Letisha Sage Green : Admit it, the closest you got to boys was when the camp put on The Sound of Music and you played Baron Von Trapp.
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : [chuckles] Everyone said I gave a sparkling performance.
Joanna 'Jo' Marie Polniaczek Bonner : They were talking about your braces, kid.
[everybody laughs]
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Edna Garrett : Tootie, every time I look at you, you look different. Your hair looks different, your teeth... Well, I can't see your teeth, but I'm sure they'll look different once the braces come off.
Natalie Letisha Sage Green : Yeah, her mouth won't look like train tracks forever.
Edna Garrett : [admonishes] Natalie...
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : That's okay, Mrs. Garrett.
[proudly:]
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : I consider my braces a status symbol.
Blair Warner : What status?
Dorothy 'Tootie' Ramsey : I'm a teenager now.