Verne Quotes in Over the Hedge (2006)

Ozzie: But this house is like a fortress. Walls, so high. Doors, impenetrable. How will we get in?

RJ: The collar is the key.

[Shows video on cell phone of Tiger entering door]

RJ: Literally, the collar is like a key that opens the door, and if...

Stella: And what? You think he's just gonna hand over his collar to you?

RJ: Not to me, my femme fatale. To you.

Verne: Her?

Stella: Me?

RJ: You, Stella, will get that cat to give you his collar by using...

Stella: My stink.

RJ: ...your feminine charms.

Hammy the Squirrel: Ha ha ha! - Was that out loud?

Verne: You're the devil.

RJ, Verne: Hammy!

Verne: [to RJ] You see what you've done here? If they listen to half the stuff you're telling them, they'll be dead within a week! You are only interested in taking advantage of them because they are too stupid and naive to know any better!

Hammy the Squirrel: [growing solemn] I'm not stupid.

Verne: [noting the family's reaction] Okay, I didn't mean, uh... I meant... ignorant! To the... ways over... over, over there.

[they begin walking away]

Verne: C'mon you guys, you know I didn't mean it like that. Don't... don't do this. Stella... Ozzie?

[stops Hammy]

Verne: Hammy? You know I didn't... Hammy?

Hammy the Squirrel: [pushes him away] I'm not stupid...

Verne: I thought we'd be dead by step two, so this is going great.

Verne: [beneath the window] Bear!

RJ: What's that?

Verne: Bear!

RJ: Hair?

Verne: Bear!

RJ: Air?

Verne: Bear!

RJ: Oh, *BEAR*!

Hammy the Squirrel: [looking at the bigh bush] Lets call it Steve!

Verne: Steve?

Hammy the Squirrel: Steve's a pretty name!

RJ: Something you said yesterday really touched me right here. It starts with an F, remember what that was?

Verne: Family?

RJ: Yeah yeah right that. You see Verne I use to have had all that. My own place, surrounded by loved ones, universal remote. But all that went away with... the weed hacker incident.

RJ: Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on. The what is what?

Verne: Whenever something doesn't feel right, my tail tingles. And let me tell you something, everything you've said so far is driving my tail crazy.

Mackenzie: [to her mom after Hammy, RJ, and Vern stole their cookies] There, there, that's where the squirrel attacked us, and he had like rabies or something, and then there was this gross, naked amphibian thing...

Verne: [quietly] Reptile.

Verne: [after getting chased away] See what I mean? That's what I was talking about. These humans don't want us *around*.

RJ: So we scared her and she over-reacted, no biggy.

Verne: No biggy? No that's what we call a biggy.

RJ: C'mon, think about the food, it was worth it for that food, that stuff is to die for.

[Ozzy faints and Heather rolls her eyes]

RJ: Let me rephrase that.

Verne: No, to die for, you nailed that part. Look, maybe our little forest life seems primative to a guy with a bag.

RJ: What!

Verne: But I think I speak for all of us when I say that we want *nothing* to do with *anything* that's *over that hedge*.

[they begin to walk away]

RJ: Oh come on. You haven't even tried doughnuts yet. You wanna store some fat, that is the way to store some fat, you'll be sweating through the winter.

[they don't listen]

RJ: Okay, okay you guys sleep on it. Good idea, I'm gonna check back with you.

[to himself]

RJ: Shoot! Almost had them.

Hammy the Squirrel: Oh! Morning!

Verne: Morning, Hammy.

Hammy the Squirrel: I gotta go wee-wee!

Verne: Oh... Not on the lake we drink from!

RJ: Please don't think I'm prying, but I couldn't help overhearing, and I think I can shed a little light on what this whole hedge situation is about. You see, what was once mere wilderness is now 54 acres of man-made, manicured, air-conditioned paradise.

[Points at map]

RJ: Except for that little-bitty speck. You are here.

[All gasp]

RJ: No, no, that's a good thing. You're hibernators, right? You gather up a bunch of food, store it away for the winter?

Hammy the Squirrel: Aha! We fill the log!

Verne: Hammy.

RJ: Really? This log? This cave-like log?

Ozzie: All the way to the top.

Verne: Ozzie.

RJ: Let me ask ya, how long's it take, you know, to fill the log?

Heather: Two-hundred and seventy-four days.

RJ: Ooh! Ever done it in a week?

Verne: That's impossible.

RJ: Not if we work together. You see, you've got the food-gathering skills, I've got the know-how, and they have the food.

Heather: How much food?

RJ: Loads of food! Heaps of food! Food out the wazoo!

Verne: Well, you know, whatever kind of food comes out of a wazoo, I really don't think we're interested in eating.

Lou: I don't know. The guy's making a lot of sense to me. I think we should listen.

Penny: Yeah. I'm okay with wazoo food there.

Ozzie: O great and powerful Steve! What do you want?

Verne: I-I don't think it can speak.

Debbie: [From other side of hedge] I heard that, young man!

[Others are shocked; Ozzie plays dead]

Debbie: You get over here right now!

Hammy the Squirrel: Okay.

Verne: Hammy, get back here.

Hammy the Squirrel: But Steve is angry.

Verne: I think it came from the other side of Steve - I mean, the bush. I mean... Geez!

Verne: My head says listen to my tail, my tail says listen to my head, and I just... end up with an upset stomach.

Verne: So he can do a couple of tricks. I mean, it's not like he can walk on water.

RJ: [Walking across a pool on floats] Hey, everybody! This way to the food!

RJ: SSShhhhh!

Verne: Oh, no! I'm not falling for any more of your smooth talk!

Verne: [when questioned about the food] I returned it to its rightful owner.

Ozzie: What?

Heather: We, like, worked our tails off, y'know? Like a lot! And the food we gathered was totally... you know! And you're, you're all whatever!

Verne: It's the first day of spring. Only 274 days left until winter.

RJ: Now, the traps are set here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. Here, here, here, here, big one here, here, and maybe a few over here.

Stella: Gee, it's that all?

RJ: No. There's bunch of red lights all over here. You OK, Verne? Look a little green.

Verne: I blacked out for a second there, but... I get the idea: there's lights, traps and I might need to change my shell.

Verne: We want *nothing*, to do with *anything*, that's *over that hedge*!

[repeated line]

[Verne feels like ther is something wrong]

Verne: My tail is tingling!

Verne: Come on, you guys!

[Tries to be intimidating]

Verne: Don't make me come in there!

Stella: [Heard beneath the leaves] Y'all better listen... I've been holding something in all winter and I'm about to LET IT OUT!

Penny: [Animals scatter from under leaves] Whoa!

Ozzie: She means it!

[as the leaves and dust settles, Stella is shown in her "firing" position]

Verne: [Politely and grateful] Thank you, Stella!

Stella: [Nonchalantly] Oh, I can clear a room, Verne. That much I can do!

RJ: [while Verne begs RJ to get out of the house] Look! I got about this long to hand over that wagonload of food to a homicidal bear - and if these Spuddies aren't on the menu, I will be! Now let go of my tail!

Verne: [chastened] What!