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Guido: Pit stop? [One of his only English phrases]
Guido: Okay!
Guido: Vai-Vai!
Jay Limo: I don't know what's harder to find: Lightning McQueen, or a crew chief that will work with him.
Governator: Lightning McQueen must be found at all costs!
Fred (rusty old car): Lightning McQueen knows my name!
Fred (rusty old car): Mario Andretti knows my name!
Junior: I just hope Lightning's okay. I'd hate to see anything bad happen to him!
Ferrari (to Guido at end, after Luigi fainted): Wow. Spero che il tuo amico si riprenda; mi dicono che siete fantastici. ("I hope your friend recovers; they tell me that you guys are fantastic.") (faints)
Sarge: Take a car wash, hippie.
RV at second race: well, dip me in axel grease and call me slick! It surely is!!
Guido: Okay!
Guido: Vai-Vai!
Jay Limo: I don't know what's harder to find: Lightning McQueen, or a crew chief that will work with him.
Governator: Lightning McQueen must be found at all costs!
Fred (rusty old car): Lightning McQueen knows my name!
Fred (rusty old car): Mario Andretti knows my name!
Junior: I just hope Lightning's okay. I'd hate to see anything bad happen to him!
Ferrari (to Guido at end, after Luigi fainted): Wow. Spero che il tuo amico si riprenda; mi dicono che siete fantastici. ("I hope your friend recovers; they tell me that you guys are fantastic.") (faints)
Sarge: Take a car wash, hippie.
RV at second race: well, dip me in axel grease and call me slick! It surely is!!
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Chick Hicks: The Piston Cup? It's mine, dude! Hey fellas, how do you think I'll look in Dinoco Blue? [pauses] DINOCO BLUE! Ahahaha!
Lightning McQueen: In your dreams, Thunder.
Chick Hicks: Yeah, well..."Thunder"? What's he talking about, "Thunder"?
Lightning McQueen: Oh, you know, because 'Thunder' always comes after Lightning! Ka-chow!
Lightning McQueen: In your dreams, Thunder.
Chick Hicks: Yeah, well..."Thunder"? What's he talking about, "Thunder"?
Lightning McQueen: Oh, you know, because 'Thunder' always comes after Lightning! Ka-chow!
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Boost: [upon spotting a sleepy Mack] Hey yo, DJ!
DJ: What up?
Boost: We got ourselves a nodder!
DJ: What up?
Boost: We got ourselves a nodder!
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Filmore: [looking at a stoplight blinking yellow] I'm tellin' ya, man, every third blink is slower.
Sarge: The '60s weren't good to you, were they?
Sarge: The '60s weren't good to you, were they?
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Rust-eze Brothers: Ladies and Gentlemen, Lightning McQueen!
[A spotlight is shone on Lightning. A long pause]
Mack[off in the distance]: Free Bird!
Lightning McQueen: [without enthusiasm] You know, the Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment team ran a good race today. And remember, with a little Rust-eze [aside: and an insane amount of luck], you too can look like me. Ka-chow.
[A spotlight is shone on Lightning. A long pause]
Mack[off in the distance]: Free Bird!
Lightning McQueen: [without enthusiasm] You know, the Rust-eze Medicated Bumper Ointment team ran a good race today. And remember, with a little Rust-eze [aside: and an insane amount of luck], you too can look like me. Ka-chow.
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Rusty Rust-eze: Don't drive like my brother!
Dusty Rust-eze: Don't drive like my brother!
Dusty Rust-eze: Don't drive like my brother!
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Lizzie: There's only one person who could do that job, and that's Big Al.
Ramone: Lizzie, Big Al left like 15 years ago.
Lizzie: Then why are you bringing him up, you lemon?
Ramone: Lizzie, Big Al left like 15 years ago.
Lizzie: Then why are you bringing him up, you lemon?
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[Mater is tricked into almost letting Lightning out of the carpound until the Sheriff shows up.]
Sheriff: MATER! What did I tell you about talking to the accused?
Tow Mater: [sheepishly] To not to.
Sheriff: MATER! What did I tell you about talking to the accused?
Tow Mater: [sheepishly] To not to.
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Tow Mater: WHEE-HOO!! I'm the first one on the new road! Oh-ho! [wobbling as he drives down the sloppy-looking "new" road] It rides purty smooth. [continues wobbling)
Sally Carrera: It looks awful.
Lightning McQueen: Well, it matches the rest of the town.
[Red goes off crying behind a wall]
Sally Carrera: It looks awful.
Lightning McQueen: Well, it matches the rest of the town.
[Red goes off crying behind a wall]
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Lightning McQueen: [desperately trying to convince the rest of the gang that Doc was the Fabulous Hudson Hornet] Did you know Doc was a famous race car?
[Everybody doesn't believe him and start snickering.]
Sheriff: Doc? Our Doc?
Sarge: Not Doc Hudson.
Lightning McQueen: No no no no it's true! He's a real racing legend. He's the Fabulous Hudson Hornet!
Flo: Fabulous? I've never seen Doc drive more than 20 miles an hour. I mean have you ever seen him race?
Lightning McQueen: No, but I wish I could. They say that he was amazing. He won three Piston Cups!
Tow Mater: [spits out oil that he's drinking] He did what in his cup?
[Everybody doesn't believe him and start snickering.]
Sheriff: Doc? Our Doc?
Sarge: Not Doc Hudson.
Lightning McQueen: No no no no it's true! He's a real racing legend. He's the Fabulous Hudson Hornet!
Flo: Fabulous? I've never seen Doc drive more than 20 miles an hour. I mean have you ever seen him race?
Lightning McQueen: No, but I wish I could. They say that he was amazing. He won three Piston Cups!
Tow Mater: [spits out oil that he's drinking] He did what in his cup?
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Lightning McQueen: I'm a precision instrument of speed and aerodynamics!!
Tow Mater: You hurt your what?
Tow Mater: You hurt your what?
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Sarge: WILL YOU TURN THAT DISRESPECTFUL JUNK OFF!?
Filmore: Respect the classics, man... its Hendrix!
Filmore: Respect the classics, man... its Hendrix!
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Sally Carrera: Hey there, Mater!
Tow Mater: Howdy, Sally!
Sally Carrera: Hi folks.
Everyone: Morning Sally!
Lightning McQueen: You know her?
Tow Mater: She's the town attorney...and my fianc?e.
Lightning McQueen: What?
Tow Mater: I'm just kiddin'. She just likes me for my body.
Tow Mater: Howdy, Sally!
Sally Carrera: Hi folks.
Everyone: Morning Sally!
Lightning McQueen: You know her?
Tow Mater: She's the town attorney...and my fianc?e.
Lightning McQueen: What?
Tow Mater: I'm just kiddin'. She just likes me for my body.
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Lightning McQueen: [after revving his engine in front of Sally] Did I scare you?
Tow Mater: Well a little bit, but I'll be alright.
Tow Mater: Well a little bit, but I'll be alright.
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Lightning McQueen: [on being ordered by Doc Hudson to pull Bessie in order to fix Radiator Springs' road as punishment] Whoa, whoa, whoa, how long is this gonna take?
Doc Hudson: Well, if a fella does it right, it should take him about five days.
Lightning McQueen: Five days? But I should be in California shmoozing Dinoco right now!
Doc Hudson: Then if I were you, I'd quit yappin' and start workin'! Hook him up, Mater!
Tow Mater: Okey-dokey! [struggles with getting the clamp off Lightning's left front tire, but successfully removes the clamp, allowing Lightning to speed off into the distance]
Lightning McQueen: FREEDOM!
Doc: [Watches McQueen speed away, and then glares at Mater]
Tow Mater: [After a long pause] Uh... Maybe I should've uh...hooked him up to Bessie...and then uh...then took the boot off. Yeah.
Doc Hudson: Well, if a fella does it right, it should take him about five days.
Lightning McQueen: Five days? But I should be in California shmoozing Dinoco right now!
Doc Hudson: Then if I were you, I'd quit yappin' and start workin'! Hook him up, Mater!
Tow Mater: Okey-dokey! [struggles with getting the clamp off Lightning's left front tire, but successfully removes the clamp, allowing Lightning to speed off into the distance]
Lightning McQueen: FREEDOM!
Doc: [Watches McQueen speed away, and then glares at Mater]
Tow Mater: [After a long pause] Uh... Maybe I should've uh...hooked him up to Bessie...and then uh...then took the boot off. Yeah.
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Lightning McQueen: [Driving away from Radiator Springs] Woo Hoo! Goodbye Radiator Springs and goodbye Bessie! California, here I come! [Continues speeding away] Oh feel that wind... Yes! [Engine begins to sputter] No... no... no no no! Out of gas?! How could I be out of gas?! [Stops right in front of Sheriff and Sally]
Sheriff: [Chuckles] Boy, we ain't as dumb as you think we are.
Lightning McQueen: Bu-bu-but... but how did...?
Sally: We siphened your gas while you were passed out. Kachow! [Does Lightning's bid maneuver]
Lightning McQueen: [Irritated from light in his windsheild] Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! [Huffs in defeat]
Sheriff: [Chuckles] Boy, we ain't as dumb as you think we are.
Lightning McQueen: Bu-bu-but... but how did...?
Sally: We siphened your gas while you were passed out. Kachow! [Does Lightning's bid maneuver]
Lightning McQueen: [Irritated from light in his windsheild] Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! [Huffs in defeat]
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Lightning McQueen: [about Red, who just ran away after McQueen asked a favor of him] Where's he going?
Tow Mater: Oh, he's just a little bit shy, and he hates you for killin' his flowers.
Tow Mater: Oh, he's just a little bit shy, and he hates you for killin' his flowers.
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Doc Hudson: [about how McQueen can make the tight turn at Willy's Butte] I'll put it simple. If you're going hard enough left, you'll find yourself turning right.
Lightning McQueen: Oh, right. That makes perfect sense. Turn right to go left. Yes, thank you! Or should I say, NO THANK YOU!!! Because in Opposite World, maybe that really means thank you. [drives off, spraying dust in Doc's face] Crazy grandpa car.
Lightning McQueen: Oh, right. That makes perfect sense. Turn right to go left. Yes, thank you! Or should I say, NO THANK YOU!!! Because in Opposite World, maybe that really means thank you. [drives off, spraying dust in Doc's face] Crazy grandpa car.
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[Lightning McQueen is creating another road after the sloppy one he previously made]
Lightning McQueen: [mockingly] "Turn right to go left!!" Hey, Guess what?! I tried it, and this crazy thing happened: I went right!
Lizzy: If you keep talking to yourself, people will think you're crazy!
Lightning McQueen: Thanks for the tip.
Lizzy: What? I wasn't talking to you!
Lightning McQueen: [mockingly] "Turn right to go left!!" Hey, Guess what?! I tried it, and this crazy thing happened: I went right!
Lizzy: If you keep talking to yourself, people will think you're crazy!
Lightning McQueen: Thanks for the tip.
Lizzy: What? I wasn't talking to you!
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Tow Mater: I knowed I made a good choice!
Lightning McQueen: In what?
Tow Mater: My best friend.
Lightning McQueen: In what?
Tow Mater: My best friend.
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[A herd of tractors is heading towards the town.]
Ramone: Oh man, the paint's still wet!
[Red moves in front of the statue and blows his airhorn, causing some of the tractors to rear up on themselves, while others go elsewhere.]
Luigi: No no no no, get out of the store! Hey! Don't eat the radial! Here, take-a the snow tire.
[A tractor is seen behind Lightning chasing Fillmore and being chased by Sarge while Sheriff is trying to round up the tractors.]
Sheriff: Mater!
Tow Mater: I wasn't tractor tippin'!
Sheriff: Then where did all of these gull-dern tractors come from?!
Fillmore: Whoa! Whoa boy! Whoa!
Lightning McQueen: Hey, hey guys. There's one going this way. I got it.[goes off and follows the one tractor.]
Ramone: Oh man, the paint's still wet!
[Red moves in front of the statue and blows his airhorn, causing some of the tractors to rear up on themselves, while others go elsewhere.]
Luigi: No no no no, get out of the store! Hey! Don't eat the radial! Here, take-a the snow tire.
[A tractor is seen behind Lightning chasing Fillmore and being chased by Sarge while Sheriff is trying to round up the tractors.]
Sheriff: Mater!
Tow Mater: I wasn't tractor tippin'!
Sheriff: Then where did all of these gull-dern tractors come from?!
Fillmore: Whoa! Whoa boy! Whoa!
Lightning McQueen: Hey, hey guys. There's one going this way. I got it.[goes off and follows the one tractor.]
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[Lightning McQueen finally got his chance to see Doc Hudson in action at Willy's Butte, but Doc just drives back to his clinic with Lightning following behind.]
Lightning McQueen: Doc, hold it! Seriously, your driving's incredible!
Doc Hudson: Wonderful. Now go away.
Lightning McQueen: Hey, I mean it. You've still got it!
Doc Hudson: I'm asking you to leave.
Lightning McQueen: Come on. I'm a racecar, you're...a much older racecar, but under the hood, you and I are the same.
Doc Hudson: WE ARE NOT THE SAME! UNDERSTAND?! NOW, GET OUT!
Lightning McQueen: How could a car like you quit at the top of your game?
Doc Hudson: [shocked] You think I quit? [Shows Lightning an old newspaper]
Lightning McQueen: Right...your big wreck in '54...
Doc Hudson: They quit on me. When I finally got put together, I went back expecting a big welcome. Know what they said? "You're history." Moved on to the next rookie standing in line. There was a lot left in me. I just never got a chance to show 'em. I keep that to remind me never to go back. I just never expected that that world would...would find me here.
Lightning McQueen: Hey Doc, I'm not them.
Doc Hudson: Really?
Lightning McQueen: No, I'm not.
Doc Hudson: When was the last time you cared about anything except yourself, Hot Rod? You name me one time, and I will take it all back. [Lightning looks defeated since he can't think about the last time he cared for someone else] Uh-huh. I didn't think so. These are good folk around here, who care about one another. I don't want them depending on someone they can't count on.
Lightning McQueen: Oh, like you? You've been here for how long, and your friends don't even know who you are? Who's caring about only himself?!
Doc Hudson: Just finish that road and get outta here!
Lightning McQueen: Doc, hold it! Seriously, your driving's incredible!
Doc Hudson: Wonderful. Now go away.
Lightning McQueen: Hey, I mean it. You've still got it!
Doc Hudson: I'm asking you to leave.
Lightning McQueen: Come on. I'm a racecar, you're...a much older racecar, but under the hood, you and I are the same.
Doc Hudson: WE ARE NOT THE SAME! UNDERSTAND?! NOW, GET OUT!
Lightning McQueen: How could a car like you quit at the top of your game?
Doc Hudson: [shocked] You think I quit? [Shows Lightning an old newspaper]
Lightning McQueen: Right...your big wreck in '54...
Doc Hudson: They quit on me. When I finally got put together, I went back expecting a big welcome. Know what they said? "You're history." Moved on to the next rookie standing in line. There was a lot left in me. I just never got a chance to show 'em. I keep that to remind me never to go back. I just never expected that that world would...would find me here.
Lightning McQueen: Hey Doc, I'm not them.
Doc Hudson: Really?
Lightning McQueen: No, I'm not.
Doc Hudson: When was the last time you cared about anything except yourself, Hot Rod? You name me one time, and I will take it all back. [Lightning looks defeated since he can't think about the last time he cared for someone else] Uh-huh. I didn't think so. These are good folk around here, who care about one another. I don't want them depending on someone they can't count on.
Lightning McQueen: Oh, like you? You've been here for how long, and your friends don't even know who you are? Who's caring about only himself?!
Doc Hudson: Just finish that road and get outta here!
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[The folks of Radiator Springs are sad that Lightning McQueen left without saying goodbye after fixing the main road.]
Tow Mater: He must've finished it while we was asleep.
Doc Hudson: [coldly] Good riddance. [drives off]
Flo: He's...gone?
Sarge: Well, we wouldn't want him to miss that race of his, would we?
[Sally drives off sadly.]
Ramone: [hears the Sheriff sniffling] Oh dude, are you crying?
Sheriff: [angrily] No, I'm HAPPY! I don't have to watch him every second of the day anymore! I'm glad he's gone!
Red: [speeds away crying, upset at Lightning's apparent departure]
Lightning McQueen: [appearing out of the blue] What's wrong with Red?
Tow Mater: [completely oblivious to Lightning's presence, while everyone gasps] Oh, he's just sad 'cause you left town and gone off to that big race to win your Piston Cup that you always dreamed of an' get that big fancy sponsorship you was talkin' about. [long pause] Wait a minute! I knew you wouldn't leave without sayin' goodbye! [Everyone laughs]
Tow Mater: He must've finished it while we was asleep.
Doc Hudson: [coldly] Good riddance. [drives off]
Flo: He's...gone?
Sarge: Well, we wouldn't want him to miss that race of his, would we?
[Sally drives off sadly.]
Ramone: [hears the Sheriff sniffling] Oh dude, are you crying?
Sheriff: [angrily] No, I'm HAPPY! I don't have to watch him every second of the day anymore! I'm glad he's gone!
Red: [speeds away crying, upset at Lightning's apparent departure]
Lightning McQueen: [appearing out of the blue] What's wrong with Red?
Tow Mater: [completely oblivious to Lightning's presence, while everyone gasps] Oh, he's just sad 'cause you left town and gone off to that big race to win your Piston Cup that you always dreamed of an' get that big fancy sponsorship you was talkin' about. [long pause] Wait a minute! I knew you wouldn't leave without sayin' goodbye! [Everyone laughs]
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Lightning McQueen: This organic fuel is great! Why haven't I heard of it?
Fillmore: IT'S A CONSPIRACY, MAN! The oil companies have got a grip on the Government! They're feeding us a bunch of lies, man!
Lightning McQueen: Yeah, well...I'll take a case!
Fillmore: IT'S A CONSPIRACY, MAN! The oil companies have got a grip on the Government! They're feeding us a bunch of lies, man!
Lightning McQueen: Yeah, well...I'll take a case!
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Lightning McQueen: [surprised that the Fabulous Hudson Hornet came all the way to Los Angeles with the rest of the gang] Guys, you're here!
Doc Hudson: I knew you needed a crew chief, but I didn't know it was this bad.
Lightning McQueen: I thought you said you wouldn't come back.
Doc Hudson: Well, I didn't really have a choice; Mater didn't get to say goodbye.
Tow Mater: [shouting into Doc's microphone] GOODBYYYEEE!!! Okay, I'm good. [Lightning chuckles]
Doc Hudson: I knew you needed a crew chief, but I didn't know it was this bad.
Lightning McQueen: I thought you said you wouldn't come back.
Doc Hudson: Well, I didn't really have a choice; Mater didn't get to say goodbye.
Tow Mater: [shouting into Doc's microphone] GOODBYYYEEE!!! Okay, I'm good. [Lightning chuckles]
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Lightning McQueen: You're not Mack!
Truck: Mack!? I ain't no Mack. I'm a Peterbilt, for dang sake! Turn on your lights, you moron!
Truck: Mack!? I ain't no Mack. I'm a Peterbilt, for dang sake! Turn on your lights, you moron!
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[Lightning McQueen and Doc Hudson racing at Willy's Butte]
Doc Hudson: Well, you sure ain't no dirt-boy.
Lightning McQueen: Not today, old man. I know all your tricks.
[Doc suddenly swerves off the track.]
Lightning McQueen: [looking for Doc] Doc! Doc?
Doc Hudson: [flies over Lightning] YEEEHAAAAA! Not all my tricks, rookie!
Doc Hudson: Well, you sure ain't no dirt-boy.
Lightning McQueen: Not today, old man. I know all your tricks.
[Doc suddenly swerves off the track.]
Lightning McQueen: [looking for Doc] Doc! Doc?
Doc Hudson: [flies over Lightning] YEEEHAAAAA! Not all my tricks, rookie!
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[All the main characters are at the Drive-In Theater]
Sign: Toy Car Story
'Woody: YOU! ARE A TOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! CAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Buzz Lightyear: You are a sad, strange little Wagon. You have my pity. Farewell!
Woody: Oh yeah? Well, good riddance, ya loony!
Hamm: I hate to break up the road rally, guys, but: THEY'RE HERE! BIRTHDAY GUESTS AT 3 O'CLOCK!
Mack: Oh boy! Whoever does the voice of that piggy truck, I'm tellin' you, he's one great actor!
Sign: Monster Trucks Inc.
Mike: We're banished, genius! Stuck out here in this wasteland without chains!
Sulley: But Mike, the Boomobile is in trouble! She needs our help!
Mike: You're still not listening! [Looks behind Sulley, who turns around]
Abominable Snowplow: Welcome to the Himalayas! Snow Cone?
Mack: Oh boy! That Abominable Snowplow is quite the comic thespian.
Sign: A Bug's Life
Flik: Circus cars!? How can you be circus cars!?
P.T. Flea: These are the lousiest circus cars in the world. And they're gonna make me rich!
Mack: Wait a minute. They're just using the same actor over and over again!!!!!!!!! What kind of a cut-rate production is this!?
Sign: Toy Car Story
'Woody: YOU! ARE A TOYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY! CAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
Buzz Lightyear: You are a sad, strange little Wagon. You have my pity. Farewell!
Woody: Oh yeah? Well, good riddance, ya loony!
Hamm: I hate to break up the road rally, guys, but: THEY'RE HERE! BIRTHDAY GUESTS AT 3 O'CLOCK!
Mack: Oh boy! Whoever does the voice of that piggy truck, I'm tellin' you, he's one great actor!
Sign: Monster Trucks Inc.
Mike: We're banished, genius! Stuck out here in this wasteland without chains!
Sulley: But Mike, the Boomobile is in trouble! She needs our help!
Mike: You're still not listening! [Looks behind Sulley, who turns around]
Abominable Snowplow: Welcome to the Himalayas! Snow Cone?
Mack: Oh boy! That Abominable Snowplow is quite the comic thespian.
Sign: A Bug's Life
Flik: Circus cars!? How can you be circus cars!?
P.T. Flea: These are the lousiest circus cars in the world. And they're gonna make me rich!
Mack: Wait a minute. They're just using the same actor over and over again!!!!!!!!! What kind of a cut-rate production is this!?
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[Van and Minnie are in the middle of the desert, still looking for California]
Minnie: [exhausted] Oh for the love of Chrysler, Can we please ask someone for directions?
Van: [hysterical] NO! There's another ramp close! I KNOW IT! I CAN FEEL IT! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Minnie: [exhausted] Oh for the love of Chrysler, Can we please ask someone for directions?
Van: [hysterical] NO! There's another ramp close! I KNOW IT! I CAN FEEL IT! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!