Delbert McClintock Quotes in Arachnophobia (1990)

Delbert McClintock: Would anyone object if I tore this floor out?

Molly Jennings: I would.

Delbert McClintock: False alarm then. Lead on.

Delbert McClintock: Spiders would find your barn a tad breazy this time of year. In that respect, spiders are a bit like you and me. No, I frankly doubt there are any spiders in your barn.

Dr. Ross Jennings: Well, I frankly know there is Delbert. I saw a web! There is a web in my barn!

Delbert McClintock: ...A web would indicate an arachnoid presence.

Delbert McClintock: Rock and roll!

Delbert McClintock: [after stepping on a spider, a dog barks in the background] Yeah, that's right... I'm bad!

Molly Jennings: Why is all the wood rotting?

Delbert McClintock: I'll tell you why. Bad wood.

Molly Jennings: So... what do we do?

Delbert McClintock: Tear out bad wood. Put in good wood.

Sheriff Lloyd Parsons: [introducing Delbert to Doctor Atherton] Excuse me. Professor? This is our town exterminator.

Delbert McClintock: Delbert McClintock, infestation management. Always nice to meet a collegue.

Sheriff Lloyd Parsons: Now, he believes he came across one of the offending spiders a couple of hours ago.

Doctor James Atherton: Might you have brought it with you?

Delbert McClintock: Actually, he's probably still at the bottom of my shoe. You really can't tell what it is anymore.

[last lines]

Doctor James Atherton: [while drawing out the general spider] Suppers ready! Come and get it

[said general spider screeches and leaps onto his neck sinking it's fangs into his throat]

Delbert McClintock: [minutes later cries out as James drops from the rafters, cocooned and covered in spiders] They got the professor!