Dr. Finkelstein Quotes in The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Dr. Finkelstein: Sally! You came back.

Sally: I had to.

Dr. Finkelstein: For this.

[holds Sally's detached arm; she causes it to wave at herself]

Sally: [smiles] Yes.

Dr. Finkelstein: Shall we, then?

Sally: Lunch!

Dr. Finkelstein: Mm, what's this?

[sniffs]

Dr. Finkelstein: Wormswort! Mmm...

[prepares to take a bite but then sniffs suspiciously]

Dr. Finkelstein: ...And frog's breath?

Sally: [innocently] What's wrong? I thought you *liked* frog's breath.

Dr. Finkelstein: Nothing's more suspicious than frog's breath! Until *you* taste it, I won't swallow a spoonful!

Sally: I'm not hungry.

[shrugs and in doing so pretends to accidentally knock over the spoon he holds up]

Sally: Oops!

Dr. Finkelstein: [as she shoves the spoon aside on the floor and, still bent over, removes a slotted spoon from her sock] You want me to starve! An old man like me who hardly has strength as it is! Me! To whom you owe your very *life*!

Sally: Oh, don't be silly!

[Dips the sifting spoon in the soup and pretends to taste it]

Sally: Mmmm! See? Scrumptious.

[to his new creation, as he inserts part of his own brain]

Dr. Finkelstein: What a joy to think of all *we'll* have in common. *We'll* have conversations *worth* having.

Dr. Finkelstein: You've poisoned me for the last time, you wretched girl!

Dr. Finkelstein: That's twice this month you've slipped deadly nightshade into my tea and run off.

Sally: Three times!

Igor: Maaasterrr... The plaaaannnsss!

Dr. Finkelstein: Excellent, Igor.

[Throws him a doggy treat]