- Lenni Frazier: Hey Alex, another detective novel?
- Alejandro 'Alex' Fernandez: Yep, I'm halfway through it and I think I already figured out who committed the crime.
- Lenni Frazier: Then why bother finishing it?
- Alejandro 'Alex' Fernandez: To prove I'm right.
- Lenni Frazier: [rapping] People always talkin' 'bout how the world needs to change, but not when it's their life. They got to rearrange. So knock wood for the kids in the hood who'll pick up the slack, leadin' the pack on the right track.
- Danitra Jenkins: Mom, do you have my gold bracelet?
- Doris Jenkins: Why would I have YOUR gold bracelet?
- Danitra Jenkins: I want to be sure and take it with me.
- Doris Jenkins: But why would *I* have it?
- Danitra Jenkins: Dad! I can't get my trunk closed.
- Reggie Jenkins: Try jumping up and down on it four or five times.
- Danitra Jenkins: Dad!
- Jamal Jenkins: How come this basement is always so jam packed with things anyway?
- Reggie Jenkins: Because your grandmother can't ever throw anything away.
- Jamal Jenkins: [finds his baseball cap] Excellent.
- Reggie Jenkins: I guess you can't either.
- Jamal Jenkins: [reading Ghostwriter's message on his computer] 'Help! Help! Help! Help! Where are the children? Are they all right?' Children? What children? What're you talking about? Who are you?