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Cher Horowitz: [looks at Dionne's hat] Shopping with Dr. Seuss?
Dionne Davenport: [picks up Cher's backpack] Well, at least I wouldn't skin a collie to make my backpack.
Cher Horowitz: It's faux!
Dionne Davenport: [picks up Cher's backpack] Well, at least I wouldn't skin a collie to make my backpack.
Cher Horowitz: It's faux!
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Murray Duvall: Woman, why don't you be answering any of my pages?
Dionne Davenport: I hate when you call me woman!
Murray Duvall: Where you been all weekend? What's up? You been jeepin' around behind my back?
Dionne Davenport: Jeepin'?
Cher Horowitz: Jeepin'.
Murray Duvall: Jeepin', jeepin'.
Dionne Davenport: No, but speaking of vehicular sex, perhaps you can explain to me how this cheap K-mart hair extension got into the back seat of your car.
Murray Duvall: I don't know where that came from. That looks like one of your stringy something or others you got up here...
Dionne Davenport: Excuse me. I do not wear polyester hair, okay? Unlike some people I know, like Shawanna.
Dionne Davenport: I hate when you call me woman!
Murray Duvall: Where you been all weekend? What's up? You been jeepin' around behind my back?
Dionne Davenport: Jeepin'?
Cher Horowitz: Jeepin'.
Murray Duvall: Jeepin', jeepin'.
Dionne Davenport: No, but speaking of vehicular sex, perhaps you can explain to me how this cheap K-mart hair extension got into the back seat of your car.
Murray Duvall: I don't know where that came from. That looks like one of your stringy something or others you got up here...
Dionne Davenport: Excuse me. I do not wear polyester hair, okay? Unlike some people I know, like Shawanna.
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Dionne Davenport: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, but thy eternal summer shall not fade. Phat! Did you write that?
Cher Horowitz: Duh, it's like a famous quote.
Dionne Davenport: From where?
Cher Horowitz: Cliff's Notes.
Cher Horowitz: Duh, it's like a famous quote.
Dionne Davenport: From where?
Cher Horowitz: Cliff's Notes.
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Mr. Wendell Hall: Cher Horowitz: Two tardies.
Cher Horowitz: I object! Do you recall the dates of these alleged tardies?
Mr. Wendell Hall: One was last Monday.
Cher Horowitz: Mr. Hall, I was surfing the crimson wave. I had to haul ass to the ladies.
Mr. Wendell Hall: I assume you're referring to women's troubles and so, I'll let that one slide.
Cher Horowitz: I object! Do you recall the dates of these alleged tardies?
Mr. Wendell Hall: One was last Monday.
Cher Horowitz: Mr. Hall, I was surfing the crimson wave. I had to haul ass to the ladies.
Mr. Wendell Hall: I assume you're referring to women's troubles and so, I'll let that one slide.
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Mr. Wendell Hall: .... Uh, Amber, rebuttal?
Amber Mariens: Mr. Hall, how can I answer that? The topic is Haiti and she's talking about some little party.
Cher Horowitz: Hello! It was his fiftieth birthday!
Amber Mariens: [does "W" hand motion] Whatever! If she doesn't do her assignment, I can't do mine.
Amber Mariens: Mr. Hall, how can I answer that? The topic is Haiti and she's talking about some little party.
Cher Horowitz: Hello! It was his fiftieth birthday!
Amber Mariens: [does "W" hand motion] Whatever! If she doesn't do her assignment, I can't do mine.
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Josh Lucas: If I ever saw you do anything that wasn't 90% selfish, I'd die of shock.
Cher Horowitz: Oh, that'd be reason enough for me.
Cher Horowitz: Oh, that'd be reason enough for me.
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Mel Horowitz: You mean to tell me that you argued your way from a C-plus to an A-minus?
Cher Horowitz: Totally based on my powers of persuasion. You proud?
Mel Horowitz: Honey, I couldn't be happier than if they were based on real grades.
Cher Horowitz: Totally based on my powers of persuasion. You proud?
Mel Horowitz: Honey, I couldn't be happier than if they were based on real grades.
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Amber Mariens: Miss Stoeger, my plastic surgeon doesn't want me doing any activity where balls fly at my nose.
Dionne Davenport: Well, there goes your social life.
Dionne Davenport: Well, there goes your social life.
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Mel Horowitz: Cher, do you know what time it is?!
Cher Horowitz: Daddy, a watch doesn't exactly go with this outfit.
Mel Horowitz: Where the hell are you?
Cher Horowitz: At a party.
Mel Horowitz: Where? Kuwait?
Cher Horowitz: Is that in the Valley?
Cher Horowitz: Daddy, a watch doesn't exactly go with this outfit.
Mel Horowitz: Where the hell are you?
Cher Horowitz: At a party.
Mel Horowitz: Where? Kuwait?
Cher Horowitz: Is that in the Valley?
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Josh Lucas: In some parts of the universe, maybe not in Contempo Casuals, but in some parts, it's considered cool to know what's going on in the world.
Cher Horowitz: Thank you, Josh. I so need lessons from you on how to be cool. Tell me that part about Kenny G again?
Cher Horowitz: Thank you, Josh. I so need lessons from you on how to be cool. Tell me that part about Kenny G again?
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Cher Horowitz: Hey! You know about this stuff. I wanna do something good for humanity.
Josh Lucas: How about sterilization?
Josh Lucas: How about sterilization?
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Tai Fraiser: Cher, you're a virgin?
Cher Horowitz: God, you say that like it's a bad thing.
Dionne Davenport: Besides, the PC term is "hymenally challenged".
Cher Horowitz: God, you say that like it's a bad thing.
Dionne Davenport: Besides, the PC term is "hymenally challenged".
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Murray Duvall: You almost had sex with who?
Cher Horowitz: Christian.
[Murray cracks up]
Dionne Davenport: What?
Murray Duvall: Yo, look! Are you bitches blind or something? Your man Christian is a cake boy.
Dionne Davenport and Cher Horowitz: A what?
Murray Duvall: He's a disco-dancing, Oscar-Wilde-reading, Streisand ticket-holding friend of Dorothy.... Ya know what I'm saying? He's gay.
Cher Horowitz: Christian.
[Murray cracks up]
Dionne Davenport: What?
Murray Duvall: Yo, look! Are you bitches blind or something? Your man Christian is a cake boy.
Dionne Davenport and Cher Horowitz: A what?
Murray Duvall: He's a disco-dancing, Oscar-Wilde-reading, Streisand ticket-holding friend of Dorothy.... Ya know what I'm saying? He's gay.
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Cher Horowitz: But, Tai, do you really think you'd be good with Josh? I mean, he's like a school nerd.
Tai Fraiser: What, am I some sort of a mentally challenged airhead?
Cher Horowitz: No! Not even! I didn't say that.
Tai Fraiser: What, I'm not good enough for Josh or something?
Cher Horowitz: I.... I just don't think you mesh well together.
Tai Fraiser: YOU don't think that WE mesh well?! Why am I even listening to you to begin with? You're a virgin who can't drive.
Cher Horowitz: .... That was way harsh, Tai.
Tai Fraiser: What, am I some sort of a mentally challenged airhead?
Cher Horowitz: No! Not even! I didn't say that.
Tai Fraiser: What, I'm not good enough for Josh or something?
Cher Horowitz: I.... I just don't think you mesh well together.
Tai Fraiser: YOU don't think that WE mesh well?! Why am I even listening to you to begin with? You're a virgin who can't drive.
Cher Horowitz: .... That was way harsh, Tai.
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Travis Birkenstock: It's one of my steps. See, I joined this club and there are these steps. [starts counting]
Cher Horowitz: 12?
Travis Birkenstock: Yeah, twelve. How did you know?
Cher Horowitz: Wild guess.
Cher Horowitz: 12?
Travis Birkenstock: Yeah, twelve. How did you know?
Cher Horowitz: Wild guess.
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Josh Lucas: Yeah. Well, it's good learning experience, at least for me. I want to be a lawyer. But you, I mean, you don't need to be doing this. Go out and have fun. Go shopping.
Cher Horowitz: Oh, you think that's all I do. That I'm just a ditz with a credit card?
Josh Lucas: No, uh, that's not what I meant. It's just.... um.... Uh, the.... You're.... young and beautiful and-
Cher Horowitz: And?
Josh Lucas: And, uh, well, what?
Cher Horowitz: You think I'm beautiful?
Josh Lucas: Mmm.... yeah. You know you're gorgeous, all right?
Cher Horowitz: Oh, you think that's all I do. That I'm just a ditz with a credit card?
Josh Lucas: No, uh, that's not what I meant. It's just.... um.... Uh, the.... You're.... young and beautiful and-
Cher Horowitz: And?
Josh Lucas: And, uh, well, what?
Cher Horowitz: You think I'm beautiful?
Josh Lucas: Mmm.... yeah. You know you're gorgeous, all right?
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Cher Horowitz: Oh, she's a full on Monet.
Tai Fraiser: What's that?
Cher Horowitz: You see, it's like the painting see, from far away it's okay, but up close it's a big ol' mess.
Tai Fraiser: What's that?
Cher Horowitz: You see, it's like the painting see, from far away it's okay, but up close it's a big ol' mess.
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Mel Horowitz: What did you do at school today?
Cher Horowitz: Well, I broke in my purple clogs.
Cher Horowitz: Well, I broke in my purple clogs.
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Heather: It's just like Hamlet said: 'To thine own self be true.'
Cher Horowitz: Uh, no, Hamlet didn't say that.
Heather: (laughs slightly) I think I remember Hamlet accurately.
Chere Horowitz: (mocks laugh) Well, I remember Mel Gibson accurately, and he didn't say that. That Polonius guy did.
Cher Horowitz: Uh, no, Hamlet didn't say that.
Heather: (laughs slightly) I think I remember Hamlet accurately.
Chere Horowitz: (mocks laugh) Well, I remember Mel Gibson accurately, and he didn't say that. That Polonius guy did.
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Murray Duvall: Woman, lend me fi' dollas.
Dionne Davenport: Murray, I have asked you repeatedly not to call me "woman".
Murray Duvall: Excuse me, Ms. Dionne.
Dionne Davenport: Thank you.
Murray Duvall: My street slang is an increasingly valid form of expression. Most of the feminine pronouns do have mocking, but not necessarily misogynistic undertones.
Tai Fraiser: Wow, you guys talk like grown-ups.
Cher Horowitz: Oh well, this is a really good school.
Dionne Davenport: Murray, I have asked you repeatedly not to call me "woman".
Murray Duvall: Excuse me, Ms. Dionne.
Dionne Davenport: Thank you.
Murray Duvall: My street slang is an increasingly valid form of expression. Most of the feminine pronouns do have mocking, but not necessarily misogynistic undertones.
Tai Fraiser: Wow, you guys talk like grown-ups.
Cher Horowitz: Oh well, this is a really good school.
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Cher Horowitz: (about Tai) Dee, my mission is clear. Would you look at that girl. She is so adorably clueless. We have got to adopt her.
Dionne Davenport: She is to' up! Our stock would plummet.
Cher Horowitz: Dee! Don't you wanna use your popularity for a good cause?
Dionne Davenport: No.
Dionne Davenport: She is to' up! Our stock would plummet.
Cher Horowitz: Dee! Don't you wanna use your popularity for a good cause?
Dionne Davenport: No.
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Cher Horowitz: Tai, how old are you?
Tai Fraiser: I'll be sixteen in May.
Cher Horowitz: My birthday is in April and, as someone older, can I please give you some advice? It is one thing to spark up a doobie and laced at a party, but it is quite another to be fried all day.
Dionne Davenport: Do you see the distinction?
Tai Fraiser: (clearly confused) Yeah.
Tai Fraiser: I'll be sixteen in May.
Cher Horowitz: My birthday is in April and, as someone older, can I please give you some advice? It is one thing to spark up a doobie and laced at a party, but it is quite another to be fried all day.
Dionne Davenport: Do you see the distinction?
Tai Fraiser: (clearly confused) Yeah.
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Mel Horowitz: I'd like to see you have a little bit of direction.
Cher Horowitz: I have direction.
Josh Lucas: Yeah. Towards the mall.
Cher Horowitz: I have direction.
Josh Lucas: Yeah. Towards the mall.
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Josh Lucas: Hey, James Bond, this is America. We drive on the right side of the road.
Cher Horowitz: I am! You try driving in platforms!
Cher Horowitz: I am! You try driving in platforms!
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Cher Horowitz: Lucy, you know I don't speak Mexican.
Lucy: I not a Mexican! [storms out]
Cher Horowitz: What was that about?
Josh Lucas: Lucy's from El Salvador.
Cher Horowitz: So?
Josh Lucas: That's an entirely different country.
Cher Horowitz: What does that matter?
Josh Lucas: You get angry if somebody thinks you live below Sunset.
Lucy: I not a Mexican! [storms out]
Cher Horowitz: What was that about?
Josh Lucas: Lucy's from El Salvador.
Cher Horowitz: So?
Josh Lucas: That's an entirely different country.
Cher Horowitz: What does that matter?
Josh Lucas: You get angry if somebody thinks you live below Sunset.
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Cher Horowitz: Hey granola breath, you've got something on your chin.
Josh Lucas: I'm growing a goatee.
Cher Horowitz: Oh, that's good. You don't want to be the last person at the coffee house without chin pubes.
Josh Lucas: I'm growing a goatee.
Cher Horowitz: Oh, that's good. You don't want to be the last person at the coffee house without chin pubes.
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Mel Horowitz: Josh, are you still growing? You look taller than you did at Easter.
Josh Lucas: I don't think so.
Mel Horowitz: Cher, doesn't he look bigger?
Cher Horowitz: His head does.
Josh Lucas: I don't think so.
Mel Horowitz: Cher, doesn't he look bigger?
Cher Horowitz: His head does.
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Cher Horowitz: Daddy, did you ever have a problem that you couldn't argue your way out of?
Mel Horowitz: Tell me the problem, and we'll figure out how to argue it.
Cher Horowitz: I like this boy....
Mel Horowitz: Yes
Cher Horowitz: And he likes someone else.
Mel Horowitz:How could that be?
Cher Horowitz: I don't know, but I feel wretched!
Mel Horowitz: Well, obviously this boy is a complete moron. You are the most beautiful girl in Beverly Hills. And to tell you the truth, I'm not sure I want you with a stupid fellow like that.
Mel Horowitz: Tell me the problem, and we'll figure out how to argue it.
Cher Horowitz: I like this boy....
Mel Horowitz: Yes
Cher Horowitz: And he likes someone else.
Mel Horowitz:How could that be?
Cher Horowitz: I don't know, but I feel wretched!
Mel Horowitz: Well, obviously this boy is a complete moron. You are the most beautiful girl in Beverly Hills. And to tell you the truth, I'm not sure I want you with a stupid fellow like that.
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Dionne Davenport: (screams) No! What have you done?! Oh my God! Cher, look! Look what's he done to his head! Can you believe this? Why did you do that to your head!
Murray Duvall: 'Cuz I'm keepin' it real!
Dionne Davenport: What?!
Murray Duvall: I'm keepin' it real! Ai'ight? Look at Lawrence's head?
Lawrence: It's the bomb.
Murray Duvall: You know what I'm sayin'? You look good.
Lawrence: As will you.
Dionne Davenport: What do you care what he thinks, Murray? I'm the one that has to look at you! That was a big mistake! What am I gonna do with you now?! And right before the yearbook pictures! What am I gonna tell my grandchildren?! You know what? Okay. That's it!
Murray Duvall: (mocking) That's it!
Dionne Davenport: You wanna play games?
Murray Duvall: (still mocking) You wanna play games?
Dionne Davenport: I'm calling your mother!
Murray Duvall: I'm calling your mo- what?! No, no, no! Don't call my moms!
Murray Duvall: 'Cuz I'm keepin' it real!
Dionne Davenport: What?!
Murray Duvall: I'm keepin' it real! Ai'ight? Look at Lawrence's head?
Lawrence: It's the bomb.
Murray Duvall: You know what I'm sayin'? You look good.
Lawrence: As will you.
Dionne Davenport: What do you care what he thinks, Murray? I'm the one that has to look at you! That was a big mistake! What am I gonna do with you now?! And right before the yearbook pictures! What am I gonna tell my grandchildren?! You know what? Okay. That's it!
Murray Duvall: (mocking) That's it!
Dionne Davenport: You wanna play games?
Murray Duvall: (still mocking) You wanna play games?
Dionne Davenport: I'm calling your mother!
Murray Duvall: I'm calling your mo- what?! No, no, no! Don't call my moms!
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(Elton has just tried to kiss Cher, forcing her to leave the car)
Elton: Cher! Where you going? You're only hurting yourself here, baby. Come on, you gonna walk home? Get back in the car, please! Get back in the car!
Cher Horowitz: Leave me alone!
Elton: Fine! (drives off)
Cher Horowitz: Hey, where are you going?! Ohhhh, shit.
Elton: Cher! Where you going? You're only hurting yourself here, baby. Come on, you gonna walk home? Get back in the car, please! Get back in the car!
Cher Horowitz: Leave me alone!
Elton: Fine! (drives off)
Cher Horowitz: Hey, where are you going?! Ohhhh, shit.
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(after a shoe knocks out Tai)
Cher Horowitz: If it's a concussion you have to keep her conscious, okay? Ask her a question.
Elton: (to Tai) What's seven times seven?
Cher Horowitz: Stuff she knows!
Cher Horowitz: If it's a concussion you have to keep her conscious, okay? Ask her a question.
Elton: (to Tai) What's seven times seven?
Cher Horowitz: Stuff she knows!
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Mel Horowitz: You drink?
Christian: No, thanks, I'm cool.
Mel Horowitz: I'm not offering. I'm asking if you drink. You think I'd give alcohol to teenage drivers taking my daughter out?
Christian: Hey, man! The protective vibe. I dig.
Mel Horowitz: What's with you, kid? You think the death of Sammy Davis left an opening in the Rat Pack?
Christian: No, thanks, I'm cool.
Mel Horowitz: I'm not offering. I'm asking if you drink. You think I'd give alcohol to teenage drivers taking my daughter out?
Christian: Hey, man! The protective vibe. I dig.
Mel Horowitz: What's with you, kid? You think the death of Sammy Davis left an opening in the Rat Pack?
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Josh Lucas: You're not letting her go out like that?
Mel Horowitz: Cher, get in here!
Cher Horowitz: What's up, Daddy?
Mel Horowitz: What the hell is that?!
Cher Horowitz: A dress.
Mel Horowitiz: Says who?
Cher Horowitz: Calvin Klein.
Mel Horowitz: It looks like underwear, go upstairs and put something over it.
Cher Horowitz: Oh duh, I was just going to.
Mel Horowitz: (talking to Christian) Hey you, anything happens to my daughter I've got a .45 and a shovel. I doubt that anyone would miss you.
Mel Horowitz: Cher, get in here!
Cher Horowitz: What's up, Daddy?
Mel Horowitz: What the hell is that?!
Cher Horowitz: A dress.
Mel Horowitiz: Says who?
Cher Horowitz: Calvin Klein.
Mel Horowitz: It looks like underwear, go upstairs and put something over it.
Cher Horowitz: Oh duh, I was just going to.
Mel Horowitz: (talking to Christian) Hey you, anything happens to my daughter I've got a .45 and a shovel. I doubt that anyone would miss you.