Caveman (1981)

Ringo Starr: Atouk

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Quotes 

• [the Misfits are digging with sticks and their hands in a pile of foul-smelling mud looking for Ta, who seems to have disappeared] 

  Ta : [re-appearing from behind a rock and pointing at the 'mud']  Doo-doo!

  [Ta giggles, and the Misfits all stop and turn, staring at Ta] 

  Atouk : [Angrily]  Ca-ca.

  Nook : [looking with disgust at his fingers and then right into the camera]  Shit.

  [the Misfits all grab Ta and throw him into the doo-doo] 

• Atouk : Zug-zug!

• Atouk : [draws in the dirt a stick figure with huge breasts, representing Lana]  Hmmmmm, Lana! Atouk alounda Lana.

  Lar : Nya! Lana alounda Tonda. Tonda alounda Lana.

  [He draws in the dirt a stick figure with an enormous nose, representing Atouk, and points to it] 

  Lar : Atouk.

  [He makes a fist and shows it to Atouk] 

  Lar : Tonda.

  [Blowing a raspberry, he smears the Atouk figure into oblivion, then holds up his hand and lets some dirt trickle from it] 

  Lar : Atouk.

• Atouk : [as Bork holds up the corpse of a slain bird-like creature]  Ool?

  Nook : [with modern accent]  "Ool," no. Food.

  Lar : [looks to Atouk]  "Fud"?

  Atouk : [not knowing what Nook is talking about]  *Ool.*

  [others agree: "Ool."] 

  Nook : [pointing to the campfire]  That's fire.

  Atouk : [looking at Nook like he's lost a few marbles; after all, Atouk just discovered and named it!]  Haraka.

  [Others repeat, "Haraka". Nook puts his palm to his cheek, looking frustrated] 

  Atouk : [pointing to Nook]  Bobo?

  Nook : Friend.

  Atouk : "Fend"? *Bobo*!

  Lar : [slowly and exaggeratedly]  Bobo.

  [others repeat, "Bobo."] 

  Atouk : [getting that Nook has different words, challenges him to a definition battle]  "Alounda."

  Nook : "Love."

  Atouk : "Zug-zug."

  [Nook pauses, looking as if at either a loss for words or for MPAA rating. Lar and others begin to chuckle triumphantly] 

  Nook : [shrugging in defeat]  All right... "Zug-zug."

• [angry roar of Tyrannasaurus rex-like dinosaur] 

  Atouk : Macha!

  Lar : *Macha* macha!

• Lar : Atouk, nya haraka.

  Atouk : Tonda haraka. Tonda haraka!

  [Atouk's tribe goes to reclaim their fire from Tonda's tribe] 

• [tribe offers Lana ool for alounda] 

  Lana : [refusing]  Nya ool.

  Atouk : Nya ool.

  Lana : Atouk. Lana alounda Atouk.

  Tala : [looking on, angry]  Lana.

  Gog : Tonda Lana?

  Bork : Lar?

  Atouk : Lar nya.

  Kalta : Nya?

  Atouk : Lar glug-glug-glug.

  Kalta : Atouk!

  Bork , Kalta : Lar!

  Lana : [caressing]  Atouk.

  Atouk : Cuda. Haraka.

  Kalta : Haraka.

  Lana : Atouk...?

  Kalta : Lar.

  Atouk : Haraka! Haraka!

  Lana : [seductively]  Atouk... Atouk. Atouk.

  Tala : [as Atouk returns to Lana's embrace]  Lana, Lana.

  Ta : Atouk, cuda.

  [others exclaiming "Lar! Cuda! Atouk? Lar!"] 

  Atouk : [agreeing, gets up]  Cuda. Cuda!

  Lana : Atouk.

  Folg : Cuda. Cuda!

• [tribe relates to returning Atouk of Tonda's raid on their camp, stealing their ool and kidnapping their women] 

  Atouk : Tonda.

  Lar : Tonda.

  Atouk : [to Gog]  Lana? Tala?

  Gog : Tala. Oh, Tala.

  Gog : [growls]  Tonda

  Gog : [growls as he raises his arms up higher, imitating Tonda, then sniffs his armpit]  Ooh! Tonda.

  Atouk : [accepts identification]  Tonda.

  Lar : [enraged]  Tonda!

  [Lar grabs a large branch as a weapon. Atouk holds him back, picks up a branch and a rock, then puts them together. Montage of the tribe inventing the first weapons and armor] 

• [first lines] 

  Atouk : Macha! Macha! Macha!

• Tala : Atouk!

  [hugs Atouk] 

  Lar : Ah! Ha-Ha! Atouk. Tala. Zug-zug.

  Tala : Mmm. Atouk. Tala. Zug-zug?

  Atouk : Nah. Atouk zug-zug Lana.

  Tala : Lana?

• Atouk : Atouk.

  Tala : Tala.

  Atouk : Lar.

  Lar : Lar.

  Tala : Tala. Gog. Gog pooka. Gog.

  Lar : Gog!