The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Margaret Hamilton: Miss Gulch, The Wicked Witch of the West
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Quotes
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Miss Gulch : [stopping bicycle and getting off] Gale?
Uncle Henry : Well, howdy, Miss Gulch.
Miss Gulch : [comes into the Gale's yard] I want to see you and your wife right away about Dorothy.
Uncle Henry : Dorothy? Well, what has Dorothy done?
Miss Gulch : What she's done? I'm all but lame from the bite on my leg!
Uncle Henry : You mean she bit you?
Miss Gulch : No, her dog!
Uncle Henry : Oh, she bit her dog, eh?
[Uncle Henry lets go of the gate, it hits Miss Gulch on the backside]
Miss Gulch : [exasperated] No!
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[Dorothy watches the Wicked Witch melt]
The Wicked Witch of the West : [her final lines] You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I'm going! Oooooh! Ooooooh!
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The Wicked Witch of the West : Just try and stay out of my way. Just try! I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!
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The Wicked Witch of the West : You stay out of this, Glinda! Or I'll fix you as well!
Glinda : Oh-ho-ho-ho, rubbish! You have no power here! Now begone, before somebody drops a house on YOU.
[Wicked Witch glances nervously at the sky]
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The Cowardly Lion : I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks. I do, I do, I do, I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do, I do, I do, I do!
The Wicked Witch of the West : Ah! You'll believe in more than that before I'm finished with you.
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The Wicked Witch of the West : How about a little fire, Scarecrow? Crow!
[she sets fire to his arm, Dorothy screams]
The Scarecrow : Help, I'm burning, I'm burning!
[Dorothy grabs a bucket]
The Wicked Witch of the West : Don't touch that water!
[Dorothy heaves the bucket at the fire, the water splashes the Witch]
The Wicked Witch of the West : Aaagh! You cursed brat! Look what you've done! I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world, what a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness! Oh, look out! Look out! I'm going...! Ooooohhhhh, ooooooohhhhhhh...
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Dorothy : [Toto is held hostage by the Witch and one of her monkeys] What are you gonna do to my dog? Give him back to me!
The Wicked Witch of the West : All in good time, my little pretty. All in good time.
Dorothy : Oh, please give me back my dog!
The Wicked Witch of the West : Certainly, certainly. When you give me those slippers.
Dorothy : But the Good Witch of the North told me not to!
The Wicked Witch of the West : Very well.
[to Flying Monkey]
The Wicked Witch of the West : Throw that basket in the river and drown him!
Dorothy : NO! No no, here... you can have your old slippers, but give me back Toto!
The Wicked Witch of the West : That's a good little girl. I knew you'd see reason.
[stooped to take the shoes but fire leaps out and burns her]
The Wicked Witch of the West : Aagh!
Dorothy : Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't do it! Can I still have my dog?
The Wicked Witch of the West : No! Fool that I am! I should have remembered; those slippers will never come off, as long as you're alive. But that's not what's worrying me. It's *how* to do it. These things must be done *delicately*, or you hurt the spell.
[Toto leaps from the basket and runs for it]
Dorothy : Run Toto, RUN!
The Wicked Witch of the West : Catch him!
[Guards throw spears at Toto]
Dorothy : Run, Toto, run! Run Toto, run! He got away! He got away!
The Wicked Witch of the West : Which is more than you will! Drat you and your dog! You've been more trouble to me than you're worth one way or another, but it'll soon be over now!
[grabs an hourglass and turns it over]
The Wicked Witch of the West : See that? That's how much longer you've got to be alive! And it isn't long, my pretty, it isn't long! I can't wait forever to get those shoes!
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The Tin Man : Where do we go now?
The Cowardly Lion : Yeah...
[Toto barks]
The Scarecrow : There!
[they follow Toto up the stairs, he scratches at the door to the room with Dorothy]
The Scarecrow : Wait, we better make sure. Dorothy, are you in there? It's us!
Dorothy : [running to the door] Yes! It's me! She locked me in!
The Cowardly Lion : Come on! We gotta get her out! Open the door!
Dorothy : Oh hurry, please, hurry! The hourglass is almost empty!
The Tin Man : Stand back!
[he takes his axe to the door; it swings open just as the last sand trickles away]
Dorothy : Oh! Oh Toto! Oh I knew you'd come! Oh Lion! Tin Man! You found my doggie!
The Scarecrow : Hurry! We've got no time to lose!
[they race down the stairs; the doors bang shut on them]
The Wicked Witch of the West : [cackling] Leaving so soon? I wouldn't hear of it! Why, my little party's just beginning!
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The Wicked Witch of the West : Who killed my sister? Who killed the Witch of the East? Was it you?
Dorothy : No. No, it was an accident! I didn't mean to kill anybody!
The Wicked Witch of the West : Well, my little pretty, I can cause accidents, too!
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Miss Gulch : If you don't hand over that dog, I'll bring a damage suit that'll take your whole farm! There's a law protecting folks against dogs that bite!
Auntie Em : How would it be if she keeps him tied up? He's really gentle... with gentle people, that is.
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The Wicked Witch of the West : The last to go will see the first three go before her. And her mangy little dog too.
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[Dorothy is brought to the Witch's castle]
The Wicked Witch of the West : What a nice little dog. And you, my dear, what an unexpected pleasure. It's so kind of you to want to visit me in my loneliness.
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Dorothy : I'm frightened, Auntie Em! I'm frightened!
[Auntie Em's image appears in the crystal ball]
Auntie Em : Dorothy? Dorothy? Where are you? It's me, Auntie Em! We're trying to find you! Where are you?
Dorothy : I'm here in Oz, Auntie Em! I'm locked in the witch's castle, and I'm trying to get home to you, Auntie Em!
[Auntie Em's image fades out]
Dorothy : Oh, Auntie Em, don't go away! I'm frightened! Come back! Come back!
[the Wicked Witch's image appears in the crystal ball]
The Wicked Witch of the West : Auntie Em! Auntie Em! Come back! I'll give you Auntie Em, my pretty!
[cackling, to the audience, cackling again and the Wicked Witch's image fades out]
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The Wicked Witch of the West : Ring around the rosie, a pocket full of spears! Thought you were pretty foxy, didn't you? Well! The last to go will see the first three go before her! And your mangy little dog, too!
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The Wicked Witch of the West : Helping the little lady along are you, my fine gentlemen? Well stay away from her!
[points to Scarecrow]
The Wicked Witch of the West : Or I'll stuff a mattress with you!
[to Tin Man]
The Wicked Witch of the West : And you! I'll use you for a beehive. Here Scarecrow, wanna play ball?
[throws a ball of fire at Scarecrow who yelps and jumps back; Tin Man smothers it with his funnel hat]
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The Wicked Witch of the West : And now, my beauties, something with poison in it, I think. With poison in it, but attractive to the eye, and soothing to the smell.
[cackles]
The Wicked Witch of the West : Poppies... Poppies. Poppies will put them to sleep. Sleeeeep. Now they'll sleeeeep!
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The Wicked Witch of the West : [to the captain of the winged monkeys] Take your army to the Haunted Forest and bring me that girl and her dog. Do what you like with the others, but I want her alive and unharmed. They'll give you no trouble, I promise you that. I've sent a little insect on ahead to take the fight out of them. Ha-ha-ha-ha! Take special care of those ruby slippers. I want those most of all! Now fly! Fly! Bring me the girl! Fly! Fly!
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Miss Gulch : That dog's a menace to the community. I'm taking him to the sheriff and make sure he's destroyed.
Dorothy : Destroyed? Toto? Oh, you can't! You mustn't! Auntie Em! Uncle Henry! You won't let her, will you?
Uncle Henry : [chuckles] Of course we won't. Will we, Em?
Dorothy : Please, Aunt Em, Toto didn't mean to. He didn't know he was doing anything wrong. I'm the one that ought to be punished. I let him go in her garden. You can send me to bed without supper.
Miss Gulch : [strictly pointly to Em] If you don't hand over that dog, I'll bring a damage suit that'll take your whole farm! There's a law protecting folks against dogs that bite!
Auntie Em : How would it be if she keeps him tied up? He's really gentle... with gentle people, that is.
Miss Gulch : Well, that's for the Sheriff to decide. Here's his order allowing me to take him. Unless you want to go against the law.
Uncle Henry : Uhh... yeah...
Auntie Em : Now, we can't go against the law, Dorothy. I'm afraid poor Toto will have to go.
Miss Gulch : Now you're seeing reason.
Dorothy : No...
Miss Gulch : Here's what I'm taking him in... so he can't attack me again.
Dorothy : OH, NO, NO! I won't let you take him! You go away, you... .! Oooh, I'LL BITE YOU MYSELF!
Miss Gulch : Dorothy!
Dorothy : You wicked old witch! Uncle Henry, Auntie Em, don't let 'em take Toto! Don't let her take him... please!
Miss Gulch : Here! I've got an order! Let me have...
Dorothy : STOP HER!
Auntie Em : Put him in the basket, Henry.
Miss Gulch : The idea!
Dorothy : Oh, don't, Uncle Henry. Oh, Toto! Don't...
[Dorothy starts crying she looks to Aunt Em, then to Uncle Henry then turns and starts out, and runs out of the room]
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Dorothy : Oh! Are you all right?
The Tin Man : I'm afraid, I'm a little rusty yet.
Dorothy : Oh dear!
Dorothy : [She oiled him some more] That was wonderful! You know, we were just wondering why couldn't you come with us to the Emerald City to ask the Wizard of Oz for a heart.
The Tin Man : Well, suppose the Wizard wouldn't give me one when we got there.
Dorothy : Oh, but he will! He must! We've come such a long way already.
[the Wicked Witch of the West cackles madly as she stands on the roof of the cabin]
The Wicked Witch of the West : You call that long? Why, you've just begun! Helping the little lady along, are you, my fine gentlemen?
The Wicked Witch of the West : [to Scarecrow] Well, stay away from her, or I'll stuff a mattress with you!
The Wicked Witch of the West : [to Tin Man] And you! I'll use you for a beehive! Here, Scarecrow. Wanna play ball?
[the witch throws down a ball of fire to the ground which sets it on fire]
The Scarecrow : Fire! I'm burning! I'm burning!
[Dorothy screams in fright and Tin Man quickly puts out the fire with his funnel cap]
The Scarecrow : [the witch cackles then she disappeared behind a cloud of red smoke]
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The Wicked Witch of the West : But that's not what's worrying me. It's how to do it. These things must be done delicately... or you hurt the spell.
