Tom-Tom Quotes in Babes in Toyland (1934)

Bo-Peep: Tom-Tom... I don't know what mother will do, if they will really lost.

Tom-Tom: Aw, don't worry. They'll be found. You've lost them before, haven't you? As a matter of fact, the last month, you lost them five times.

Bo-Peep: Oh, I couldn't have?

Tom-Tom: Yes, you did. And four times, the month before that. You see? You're getting worse.

[Bo-Peep nods, sniffles]

Tom-Tom: What you need is someone to help you look after the darn things.

Bo-Peep: Who, for instance?

Tom-Tom: Oh, He'd have to be most unusual, energetic, resourceful and with any amount of patience. A fellow sort of... Well, like me.

[Bo-Peep turns to Tom-Tom, scoffs and she turns back]

Tom-Tom: Not interested?

[Bo-Peep shook her head]

Tom-Tom: Not even a little bit?

[She shook her head again, He opens the foot stocks, grabs her ankles, closes them]

Tom-Tom: Then, I'll just keep you there until you are interested.

Bo-Peep: Tom-Tom!

Tom-Tom: Bo-Peep!

Bo-Peep: Oh, Tom-Tom!

[they hug each other]

Bo-Peep: Stan and Ollie found Little Elmer alive.

Tom-Tom: Where?

Bo-Peep: In Barnaby's cellar.

Tom-Tom: I knew he had something to do with this. Oh, If I ever gets my hands on him. Come on. We'll find out the way out here.

[walks with him]

Bo-Peep: Tom-Tom, we'll never find a way out of here.

Tom-Tom: Oh, yes. we will. Come on.

Tom-Tom: Well, don't worry. Old Barnaby will never bother us again... Because, I'm going to take you away.

Bo-Peep: Where?

Old King Cole: Tom, my boy. You knew the penalty for pignapping. Why did you do it?

Tom-Tom: But, I didn't do it. I don't even know what you're talking about.

Old King Cole: How can you say that? In view of this evidence found in your house?

[he points to the exhibits are violin, sausages and his hat]

Tom-Tom: My dear friends and citizens of Toyland... I want you all to meet: The future Mrs. Piper!

[All the Toyland people are cheering]

Bo-Peep: You've got to listen to me, Your majesty. You've got to hear me. Tom-Tom knows nothing about this... The little pigs was a friends of ours. Why should he want to hurt them? The violin and hat were in the house that we got home... He's innocent, I'd tell you. Innocent!

[she is crying]

Old King Cole: It is with deep regret that I have to enforce the law in our kingdom. Take him away.

[Crowd booing, Two dunkers in black are try to unlock the footstocks, Barnaby laughs, takes Tom-Tom to Bogeyland]

Tom-Tom: I'd tell you, I didn't ! I'd tell you, I didn't! I didn't steal the pig! I didn't, I'd tell you!

Bo-Peep: Tom-Tom... Tom-Tom! Tom-Tom!

[Barnaby cackling]

Tom Tom: The heart is a sleeping beauty and love the only kiss it can't resist. Even if its eyes lay open wide, there is a heart that sleeps inside. And it's to there you must be hastening. For all hearts dream, they dream only of awakening.

Tom Tom: Why did you call me an idiot?

Detective Skinner: Wild guess...

Tom Tom: You shouldn't smoke, 'cause people die of it and sometimes they even get cancer

Detective Skinner: You'll do, take me to his room

Tom Tom: who... who... who...?

Detective Skinner: What are you an owl? The dead guy, Israel Goldstein

Tom Tom: Izzy

Detective Skinner: Is he what?

Tom Tom: Izzy was he

Detective Skinner: Right, Izzy, let's go

Tom Tom: [pointing upwards] Geronimo

Detective Skinner: Geronimo, Hi-Ho, let's go

Tom Tom: [smirks] Hi-Ho

Detective Skinner: [turns to a bystander] What is he, an idiot?

Eloise: So, why do you like me so much anyway?

Tom Tom: I don't know.

Eloise: Tom Tom, you know... you can't always say 'yes' or 'no' or 'I don't know'... you know... There must be a reason. And it would be nice to know what it is. So why don't you think about it and I'll wait.

Tom Tom: Love can never be portrayed the same way as a tree or the sea, or any other mystery. It's the eyes, with which we see. It's the sinner in the saint. It's the light inside the paint.

[last lines]

Tom Tom: All I ever wanted was to reach Eloise. Just to reach her. I did. And I ended up turning the world upside down along the way, even if just for a moment. Wow.

Detective Skinner: No, don't be so fucking stupid.

Tom Tom: I am fucking stupid.

[first lines]

Tom Tom: Wow, after I jumped it occurred to me, life is perfect, life is the best. It's full of magic, beauty, opportunity, and television, and surprises, lots of surprises, yeah. And then there's that stuff that everybody longs for, but they only real feel when it's gone. All that just kinda hit me. I guess you don't really see it all clearly when you're - ya know - alive.

Tom Tom: Dixie was in a music band called The Beatles. Only they didn't know.

Tom Tom: She was the love of my life, even though hadn't actually met her - yet.

Tom Tom: Is was like in the day she lived in her body, but at night she left it for others. I always want to protect her, but Izzy said, don't worry no one can hurt her, she's not even there.

Tom Tom: I suppose Skinner was playing dumb too, but he was out of his league.

Tom Tom: You know, a man's home is a man's castle.

Tom Tom: And sometimes people die when they smoke, and sometimes they even get cancer.

Eloise: I can't die.

Tom Tom: Oh, you can't? You can't?

Eloise: I don't exist.

Tom Tom: So, how come?

Eloise: I'm fictional.

Tom Tom: The world was spinning fast that night. I just hoped I could hold on and be part of it.

Tom Tom: Izzy always said: It's good to specialise. So they'll think of you first.

Tom Tom: Venice is for lovers.

Eloise: So you're a pretty smooth operator?

Tom Tom: I think it was my ego that made me do it. I didn't even know I had one until I met Eloise.

Tom Tom: Izzy had so many thoughts, he said he had to store them in my empty head where they'd be safe. If only I could let them out again.