Jemima Quotes in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

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Jemima Quotes:

  • Caracticus Potts: How was India?

    Grandpa: India? I'll tell you something. I got up this morning and I shot an elephant in my pajamas.

    Caracticus PottsGrandpaJemimaJeremy: How he ever got in my pajamas, I shall never know.

    Grandpa: You've heard it before.

    [they all laugh]

  • Jeremy: I'm so glad you came. It's much more fun with two grown-ups.

    [laughs]

    Jemima: Truly Scrumptious. You know, even if we didn't know your name, we could have guessed it.

    Truly Scrumptious: Oh?

    Jemima: You had to be called something lovely.

    Jeremy: Like Yum-Yum!

    Jemima: Or Angel Cake!

    Jeremy: Or Toot Sweets!

    Jemima: Yeah, Toot Sweets!

    Truly Scrumptious: [laughs] Or Toot Sweets! Oh, no!

  • Caracticus Potts: Confounded woman! Who does she think she is? Coming in here and telling me how to raise my children! Do I need somebody to tell me how to raise my children? Do I? Hm? No, of course not. Of course not! Hm-hm. Where's my, uh, cardigan?

    Jemima: Under your jacket.

    Caracticus Potts: Under... Yes. Self-righteous busy body. Well, she won't be bothering us again.

    Jemima: But I liked her.

    Jeremy: So did I. She was very pretty.

    Caracticus Potts: She certainly was. Do you think... Do you think your, uh, father's a... crackpot?

    Jeremy: Your cardigan's inside out.

    Caracticus Potts: Mm? Oh. Do you think I'm a lunatic, wasting my time on a lot of silly inventions?

    Jemima: But they aren't silly! They're wonderful!

    Jeremy: Nobody else can think of them.

    Caracticus Potts: That's right! That is right! Nobody else can think of them.

  • Jemima: He's awful!

    Jeremy: He's terrible!

    Caracticus Potts: Not only that, he isn't even nice.

  • Truly Scrumptious: What's your name?

    Jemima: I'm Jemima.

    Jeremy: And I'm Jeremy.

    Jemima: What's yours?

    Truly Scrumptious: Truly.

    Jemima: That's a very pretty name.

    Truly Scrumptious: Now, where is your house?

    Jeremy: Oh, we don't live in a house.

    Jemima: We live in the castle on top of the hill.

    Truly Scrumptious: [laughs] A castle? I didn't know there were any castles around here.

    Jemima: Well, it isn't a castle exactly.

    Jeremy: That's what Daddy calls it. He says King Alfred used to live there hundreds of years ago.

    Truly Scrumptious: And does your Daddy know you aren't in school?

    Jemima: Oh, he won't mind. He never does.

    Jeremy: Anyway, he's awful busy.

    Truly Scrumptious: Is he? Well, he'll have to find time to see me because I have a few things to say to him.

  • Caracticus Potts: And so, after that, Vulgaria became a free country, and all the children laughed and played in the sunshine, and they were very, very happy. And Chitty flew high over the mountains back to England, everybody safe and sound, and...

    Jemima: And Daddy and Truly were married.

    Jeremy: And lived happily ever after.

    Jemima: Yes!

    Truly Scrumptious: Is that how this story ends?

    Caracticus Potts: [pauses] It's getting late. We better get back.

    [Caractacus gets out to restart the car]

  • Truly Scrumptious: What an unusual car.

    Jeremy: Daddy made it.

    Truly Scrumptious: [laughs] Oh? And it actually goes?

    Jemima: It's called Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

    Truly Scrumptious: That's a curious name for a motorcar.

    Jemima: But that's the sound it makes. Listen.

  • Jemima: Please, Mr. Coggins! You can't sell our lovely car to that nasty man!

  • Jeremy: Nasty, horrid, mean old lady!

    Jemima: And very ugly!

    [Baroness swoons]

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