The Swan Princess (1994)

Howard McGillin: Adult Prince Derek

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Quotes 

• Rogers : What else is there? She says, "Is beauty all that matters?" And you say, "What else is there?"

  Prince Derek : It was dumb. I know.

  Rogers : You should write a book. "How to Offend Women in Five Syllables or Less".

• Odette : Wait.

  Prince Derek : What? You're all I ever wanted. You're beautiful.

  Odette : Thank you. But what else?

  Prince Derek : What else?

  Odette : Is beauty all that matters to you?

  [King William clears his throat and shakes his head disapprovingly. Odette gives King William a dirty look] 

  Queen Uberta : Derek? What else?

  Prince Derek : I...

  [to Odette] 

  Prince Derek : What else is there?

  [Rogers imitates a buzzer and gives a thumbs down and Queen Uberta begins to cry. King William gives Derek a shocked look and she looks at King William with a horrified look on her face and Odette looks away sadly] 

  King William : We tried, Uberta. No one can say we didn't try.

  [Uberta continues cries. He turns to Odette] 

  King William : Say goodbye, Odette.

  Odette : Goodbye.

  King William : Goodbye?

  Odette : Prince Derek.

  Prince Derek : Mother.

  Queen Uberta : Derek.

  Prince Derek : Goodbye, Princess.

  [King William and Odette leave] 

  Queen Uberta : All these years of planning wasted!

• Princess Odette : Derek.

  Prince Derek : This one's for Odette.

• Prince Derek : [about the ball]  But please, mother, don't turn it into one of your beauty pageants.

  Queen Uberta : Oh. No, no, no, no, no. It's just a few friends...

  [She waits until Derek is out of earshot] 

  Queen Uberta : and their daughters.

• Prince Derek : [after Odette has died]  I made the vow for her. Do you hear? The vow I made was for her!

  Rothbart : No need to shout.

• Odette : [Odette is dying]  Derek, I feel so weak. I think I'm...

  Prince Derek : No. You'll live, Odette. The vow I made was for you.

• Prince Derek : Don't let her die.

  Rothbart : Is that a threat?

  Prince Derek : Don't you dare let her die.

  Rothbart : Ooh, it is a threat.

  Prince Derek : You're the only one with the power. Now, do it.

  [Rothbart throws him aside] 

  Rothbart : Only if you defeat me.

• Odette : You must make a vow of everlasting love.

  Prince Derek : I make it. It's all I've ever wanted.

• Rogers : Think. You must see something other than Odette's beauty.

  Prince Derek : Of course I do, Rogers. She's like, you know... How about... And then... I mean, right?

  [pause] 

  Prince Derek : I don't know how to say it. I'll prove it to her. I'll prove my love. Checkmate.

• Queen Uberta : Just make sure you're here tomorrow night.

  Prince Derek : Tomorrow night?

  Queen Uberta : The ball.

  Prince Derek : Mother, I can't.

  Queen Uberta : [blubbering, sputtering] 

  Prince Derek : Please, mother. Don't do the lip thing.

• Rothbart : Hello, little prince.

  Prince Derek : Who are you?

  Rothbart : Went and pledged your love to another, eh?

  Prince Derek : What are you talking about? This is Odette.

  Rothbart : No, Odette is mine.

  Prince Derek : It's you! You have no power here. I made a vow, a vow of everlasting love.

  Rothbart : You made a vow, all right. A vow of everlasting death.

• Prince Derek : [ready for target practice]  The great animal's never gonna give her up without a fight.

  Rogers : You're not still thinking she's alive?

  Prince Derek : When I find the great animal, Rogers, I'll find Odette.

  Rogers : Oh, Derek, you've looked everywhere. She's not coming back. The whole kingdom knows that.

  Prince Derek : The whole kingdom's wrong. Odette's alive, and I'm gonna find her.

• Prince Derek : [King William's captain collapses at the doorway; Derek, Bromley, and Lord Rogers run to his side and Derek recognizes him]  It's King William's captain.

  King William's captain : [with difficulty]  We, we were attacked. A great animal.

  [he faints] 

  Prince Derek : Odette.

  [takes off] 

  Rogers : Derek! Wait!

  Prince Derek : [rides his horse into the woods]  Odette!

  [dismounts and checks the abandoned carriage] 

  Prince Derek : Odette? Odette!

  [Derek finds Odette's locket and finds King William unconscious on the ground] 

  Prince Derek : King William.

  King William : [weakly]  Derek...

  Prince Derek : Who did this?

  King William : It came so quickly. A great animal.

  Prince Derek : Where is Odette?

  King William : Listen to me, Derek, it's not what it seems. It's not what it seems.

  Prince Derek : What's not? Where is Odette?

  King William : [last words]  Odette is. Odette... is gone.

  [he dies, leaving Derek in shock] 

  Prince Derek : Odette!

• [last lines] 

  Odette : Will you love me, Derek, till the day I die?

  Prince Derek : No, much longer than that, Odette. Much longer.

  [they both kiss and the movie ends] 

• Rogers : You're not still thinking she's alive?

  Prince Derek : When I find the Great Animal, Rogers, I'll find Odette.

  Rogers : Derek, you've searched everywhere. She's not coming back. The whole kingdom knows that.

  Prince Derek : The whole kingdom's wrong. Odette's alive, and I'm gonna find her. You ready, Brom?

  [Bromley lifts up his blindfold] 

  Rogers : No peeking.

  [Bromley lowers his blindfold and stands at attention] 

  Rogers : Animals, assemble!

• [Odette has died] 

  Prince Derek : [heartbroken]  Odette!

  [yelling out to Rothbart] 

  Prince Derek : I made the vow for her! Do you hear? The vow I made was for her!

  Rothbart : No need to shout!

  Prince Derek : [approaches Rothbart]  Don't let her die!

  Rothbart : Is that a threat?

  Prince Derek : [grabs Rothbart]  Don't you *dare* let her die!

  Rothbart : [sarcastically]  Ooh! It *is* a threat!

  Prince Derek : You're the only one with the power! Now do it!

  Rothbart : [pushes Derek to the ground]  Only if you defeat... me!

  [Rothbart raises his hands, throws them onto the ground, disappears in a puff of magic smoke and becomes into a bat-like monster] 

  Prince Derek : [stares in disbelief]  The Great Animal!

  [Great Animal roars and attacks]