Matt Finley Quotes in House Arrest (1996)

[to their parents]

Matt Finley: Just one thing, we don't take sociology.

T.J. Krupp: You guys should pay more attention.

Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: Remember when you said I should lock my parents in the closet?

Matt Finley: Yeah...

Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: Well, I did! Only I didn't lock them in the closet, I locked them in the basement. Only, I didn't actually lock them in, I nailed the door shut. And I told them I wasn't letting them out until they worked out their problems.

Matt Finley: You're kidding right?

Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: No Matt, I swear, I swear... it was like, I had to do it.

Matt Finley: Dude, you kidnapped your parents? Jeez!

T.J. Krupp: My dad treats my mom like dirt.

Matt Finley: And my dad's coming up on his second year with Louise.

Gregory Alan 'Grover' Beindorf: So?

Matt Finley: So he always divorces in his second year, you know that, it's like clockwork.

Matt Finley: [hooking up his Christmas lights as a silent doorbell, lights flicker] Hey guys, don't ring the doorbell until I tell you!

Jimmy Finley, Teddy Finley: We didn't!

[Matt goes to the door and sees Chief Rocco]

Chief Rocco: Are the Beindorfs home?

Matt Finley: No, they're... at the doctor's office, I'm babysitting.

Chief Rocco: Oh, well I brought them some chicken soup.

[holds up Tupperware dish of disgusting looking soup]

Matt Finley: Oh, great!

[takes it]

Matt Finley: Thanks!

[slams door in Rocco's face]