Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)

Paul Soles: Hermey

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Quotes 

• [Rudolph, Yukon, and Hermey are traveling through thick fog] 

  Yukon Cornelius : This fog's as thick as peanut butter!

  Hermey : [Correcting Yukon]  You mean pea soup.

  Yukon Cornelius : [after Hermey corrects him]  You eat what you like, and I'll eat what I like!

• Yukon Cornelius : You're going to stay with me, and we'll all be rich--with the biggest silver strike this side of Hudson Bay. Sil-verrrrrrr!

  Hermey : I thought you wanted gold.

  Yukon Cornelius : I changed my mind.

• Head Elf : [Entering the workshop room where Hermey is practicing his dental skills; angrily]  Why weren't you at elf practice?

  Hermey : [pauses his work]  Just fixing these dolls' teeth.

  Head Elf : Just fixing...? Now listen: we have dolls that cry, talk, walk, blink and run a temperature. We don't need any chewing dolls!

  Hermey : But I just thought I'd find a way to - to fit in.

  Head Elf : You'll *never* fit in! Now you come to elf practice, learn how to wiggle your ears, chuckle warmly, go "hee-hee" and "ho-ho", and important stuff like that. A dentist! Good grief!

  [slams door] 

• Head Elf : Hermey! Aren't you finished painting that yet? There's a pile-up a mile wide behind you! What's eatin' ya, boy?

  Hermey : Not happy with my work, I guess.

  Head Elf : What?

  Hermey : [sadly]  I just don't like to make toys.

  Head Elf : Oh, well, if that's all... What? You don't like to make toys?

  Hermey : [sadly again]  Nnno.

  Head Elf : [to the other elves]  Hermey doesn't like to make toys!

  Elves : [whispering to each other, then chorusing to Hermey in unison]  Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Shame on you!

  Head Elf : Do you mind telling me what you do want to do?

  Hermey : Well, sir, someday, I'd like to be a... a dentist.

  Head Elf : A - dentist?

  Hermey : Well, we need one up here. I've been studying. It's fascinating; you've no idea. Molars and bicuspids and incisors...

  Head Elf : [interuppts]  Now listen, you: you're an elf, and elves make toys.

  [shoving the dentistry book away and shoving the cart that Hermey was painting back to him] 

  Head Elf : Now, get to work!

  [whistle blows] 

  Head Elf : [to the other elves]  Ten minute break!

  [Hermey smiles eagerly and starts to leave, but the head elf jumps him] 

  Head Elf : Not for you! Finish the job, or you're fired!

• Hermey : Hey, what do you say we both be independent together, huh?

  Rudolph : You wouldn't mind my - red nose?

  Hermey : Not if you don't mind me being a dentist.

  Rudolph : [shaking hands with Hermey]  It's a deal!

• Charlie-In-The-Box : I am the official sentry of the Island of Misfit Toys.

  Hermey : [Surprised]  A jack-in-the-box for a sentry?

  Charlie-In-The-Box : Yes, and my name is...

  Rudolph : [interrupts]  Don't tell me: Jack.

  Charlie-In-The-Box : [Sadly]  No, Charlie. That's why I'm a misfit toy. My name is all wrong. No child wants to play with a Charlie-In-The-Box, so I had to come here.

  Hermey : Where's "here"?

• Head Elf : [extending his hand to Hermey, then Hermey shakes it]  All right, you can open a dentist office, next week, after Christmas.

  Hermey : Come here, open your mouth.

  Head Elf : [groaning as he opens his mouth]  Ah...

  Hermey : Oh, dear! I'd better set an appointment up for you a week from Tuesday, 4:30 sharp!

• Hermey : [about the Bumble]  Don't let this big blowhard scare you anymore; just walk right past him.

• Hermey : [singing]  Why am I such a misfit? I am not just a nitwit. You can't fire me, I quit! Seems I don't fit in.

• Hermey : No, I just can't. It's like he said, I'll never fit in.

  [goes to the workshop window and opens it, then climbs onto the sill in preparation to climb down] 

  Hermey : I - I guess I'm on my own now.

  [he jumps down]