The Heavenly Kid (1985)

Lewis Smith: Bobby Fontana

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• [after learning that he's going Uptown] 

  Bobby : I'll be damned!

  Rafferty : Couldn't you put that another way?

• Bobby : Emily, there's something I never told you. Something I've been wanting to tell you for a long time... I love you. I always have, and I always will.

• Rafferty : Going somewhere?

  Bobby : Yeah, Uptown.

  Rafferty : No, you're not.

  Bobby : What do you mean, I'm not? I saved his life, didn't I? What am I supposed to do?

  Rafferty : Become his friend.

  Bobby : You gotta be kidding me.

  Rafferty : He needs someone to talk to.

  Bobby : Well, buy him a German Shepherd.

  Rafferty : He thinks he's worthless.

  Bobby : Well, he might be on to something!

  Rafferty : It's your job to show him he's not.

  Bobby : How am I supposed to do that?

  Rafferty : That is up to you!

• Bobby : [after seeing Lenny in action]  What a spazola! So, who is it? Which one of these lucky cats is my assignment?

  Rafferty : The "spazola."

• Bobby : Get me outta here! Open the door! There's a fucking Viking in here!

• Emily Barnes : Will I see you again, Bobby?

  Bobby : I'll always be with you.

• Bobby : Hey, Good Looking.

  Emily Barnes : Bobby?

  [faints] 

• Bobby : Aw, C'mon Joe, have a heart, the kid just got laid!

• Bobby : I got it covered.

• Bobby : Pretty cool, huh, kid?

  Lenny Barnes : Yeah, I'll be the only kid in school with a bullet-proof head.

• Bobby : You don't understand, I need to see her. There's something I gotta tell her!

  Rafferty : Son, you've already told her all you ever will!

• Rafferty : The Big Chief doesn't think you're quite ready yet, which is why he sent me down here.

  Bobby : What's the matter, he doesn't like my clothes?

• Bobby : [about to plummet over a cliff]  Oh... . shiiiiiiiiiit...... ..!

• Rafferty : [after arriving in the 1980s from the 1960's, Rafferty sees Bobby looking around in shock at the change in fashion]  There have been some changes since your day.

  Bobby : No shit!

• Dope Dealer : [Bobby and Rafferty are observing a drug dealer selling dope]  Let me tell you something, man. This shit is so fine, it's gonna turn your head inside out, upside down, in every which way. It's gonna totally destroy your mind.

  Bobby : Where are we, Mars?

  Rafferty : No, Fort Lauderdale!

• Bobby : What ever happened to Elvis?

  Rafferty : He's Uptown!

• Bobby : [Bobby tries to touch a girl and Raffery stops him]  Will you give me a break? I've been on the subway for a long, long time!

  Rafferty : Try a cold shower. It still works!

• Lenny Barnes : Where did you come from?

  Bobby : Let's just say I dropped in!

• Bobby : [Bobby is trying to prove he has magic powers]  See that tree? I'm gonna make it disappear.

  [Bobby points to the tree but nothing happens. He experiments with different gestures but the tree remains] 

  Bobby : Rafferty said there was an act to it.

  Lenny Barnes : Maybe you should try something a little different. Something easier. Y'know make it rain, or turn yourself into a duck?

  [Starts giggling] 

  Bobby : Don't piss me off kid!

• Lenny Barnes : [Bobby is trying to prove he has magic powers. He opens one of Lenny's school folders and sees some handwritten assignments]  What are you doing?

  Bobby : I've been too ambitious.

  Lenny Barnes : [Bobby pulls out some sheets of paper from the folder]  Hey, that's my term paper!

  [Bobby casually rips the papers in half] 

  Lenny Barnes : WHAT ARE YOU DOIN'?

  Bobby : [Casually]  Trust me.

  [Bobby puts the ripped sheets back in the folder and waves his fingers over it. He then opens the folder and looks the other way] 

  Bobby : Check it out.

  [Lenny grabs the torn sheets and holds them up to Bobby] 

  Bobby : Got any tape?

• Bobby : [Bobby tries to prove to Lenny that he has magic powers by standing in front of a truck and making it pass through him. However, he ckickens out at the last second and jumps out the way]  I may be dead, but I ain't crazy!

• Lenny Barnes : [Lenny tries on some new clothes Bobby picked out for him]  I'm not sure I like this.

  Bobby : Why not?

  Lenny Barnes : It's not me.

  Bobby : You wanna be you? OK!

  [Bobby clicks his fingers and Lenny becomes butt-naked in the clothing store] 

  Bobby : [Panicked]  Ok I like it, I like it! Honestly, I really like it!

  [Bobby clicks his fingers again and the clothes return] 

• Bobby : [Teaching Lenny how to approach women]  Lesson number one - you own the joint. When you walk into a room, you want all eyes on YOU. You want everybody in that room thinking, "Hey, who is that kid?" Second, you always look like you got everything covered. Chicks like to think you got all the answers.

  Lenny Barnes : When exactly was it that you passed away?

  Bobby : Why?

  Lenny Barnes : Well, that's just sorta old-fashioned thinking nowadays.

  Bobby : Hey, it worked for me, it's gonna work for you! I guarantee it!

• Lenny Barnes : [Bobby is driving Lenny to a club to meet women]  I don't think this is gonna work!

  Bobby : What kinda talk is that?

  Lenny Barnes : It's called intelligence!

• Lenny Barnes : Did you see the way she was hanging on me? I mean, she was ALL OVER me! Was I looking good or what?

  Bobby : You did just fine, kid. In fact, there were moments tonight where you almost reminded me of myself.

  Lenny Barnes : Really?

  Bobby : Yeah. You definitely got potential.

  Lenny Barnes : Alright!

  Bobby : Of course, you got a ways to go. Rome wasn't built in a day, make no mistake, you definitely were in worse shape than Rome!

• Bobby : [Smoking some dope]  What is this stuff?

  Lenny Barnes : It's called grass.

  Bobby : I'm smoking somebody's lawn?

• Bobby : [after discovering that his former girlfriend married his rival]  Oh no... I'm gonna be sick!

• Sharon : [after sex in the car]  You did OK for a first timer.

  Lenny Barnes : What do you mean?

  Sharon : Don't be embarrassed. I've made it with a lot of first timers!

  Bobby : [Hiding in the back seat]  Yuck!

• Rafferty : [about Lenny]  He needs somebody to talk to.

  Bobby : Well, buy him a German Sheppard.

  Rafferty : He thinks that he's worthless!

  Bobby : Well, he might be onto something!

• Bobby : Rafferty, it ain't gonna work. I got nothing in common with this kid. He's a complete square! He even puked on me!

• Bobby : [Observing Lenny in class]  Smart kid... but still a spaz!

• Bobby : [Sitting in a cafe in Midtown]  To tell you the truth, I was expecting something different. Like angels and harps, that sorta stuff.

• Bobby : [Lenny and Bobby come home drunk]  I should've stopped you after that second beer!

  Lenny Barnes : Hey... I'm in control!

  [Stumbles over the couch and laughs hysterically] 

  Bobby : You're definitely in control!

• Bobby : [Bobby and Lenny come home drunk and laughing loudly]  Man, you are terrible!

  Lenny Barnes : Shhh! Shhh!

  Bobby : They can't hear me!

  Lenny Barnes : Right... Right!

• Bobby : [Looking at Joe watching the TV]  How did you ever do it Joe? What did Emily see in you? What was it Joe? Your good looks? Your fine physique?

  [Joe burps loudly] 

  Bobby : Your charming ways?

• Bobby : You're gettin' to be a real jerk!

  Lenny Barnes : And you're gettin' to be a real drag!

• Emily Barnes : [after Bobby reveals himself to her]  Bobby?

  Bobby : It's me. It's really me. I had to see you.

  Emily Barnes : But... how?

  Bobby : It's a long story!

• Bobby : [after revealing himself to Emily and finding out Lenny is his son]  C'mon Rafferty. All I did was step over the bounds a little.

  Rafferty : Don't you understand kid? You may appear to no one but your assignment. You broke the rules! They don't like that around here.

  Bobby : Well, whatever happens, it was worth it. To see Emily again, to touch her face, to find out about Lenny. Hey, that'll get me through an eternity!

  Rafferty : [Grumpily]  I need another drink!

• Rafferty : [after Lenny accepts a gut race invitation from Fred Gallo, Bobby notices his name on the upcoming passengers list in Midtown]  I was gonna tell you.

  Bobby : What does it mean?

  Rafferty : Gallo challenged him to a race. He accepted. If it's any consolation, he's on the Uptown passenger list.

  Bobby : Oh no! Rafferty you gotta let me go back!

  Rafferty : There's nothing you can do!

  Bobby : You don't understand! My son needs me Rafferty!

  Rafferty : Bobby I know how you feel. But it was meant to be - you can't alter destiny.

  Bobby : Destiny nothing! If it wasn't for me, he wouldn't be in this jam! I got him into this fix, you gotta let me get him out of it! The kid hasn't had a life yet Rafferty. I didn't know what that meant. Last night I found out what I lost. I don't want that to happen to Lenny. I want him to have a chance to grow old, to have a family. A wife, kids... whatever he wants. All the things I missed out on.

  Rafferty : Bobby, the consequences...

  Bobby : I don't care about the consequences! I'll do anything. Talk to the higher ups, talk to whoever you have to. Tell them I'll do anything, ANYTHING! Rafferty... tell them I'd give up, my soul!

• Rafferty : [Bobby is about to make a move on a student sitting in the school cafeteria but is interrupted by Rafferty talking on a nearby radio]  Hey kid, knock it off!

  Bobby : [Looking around the room]  Rafferty? Where are you?

  Rafferty : 97 FM. I'm keeping my eye on you, understand?

  Bobby : Hey, will you cut me some slack?

• Bobby : Look kid, now you're really starting to piss me off! You think I wanna be doing this? No way! But I wanna get to Uptown and the only way I can do that is by following the rules! So that's why I'm here. Personally, I think I'm wasting my time with you. Personally, I think the whole thing is hopeless!

• Joe Barnes : [Prior to a chicken race]  We don't have to do this, Fontana, I mean... I'm sorry I made a pass. I know Emily's your girl.

  Bobby : I'm real glad you noticed.

• Lenny Barnes : [after Bobby catches Lenny, saving his life]  If you hadn't been here...

  Bobby : Yep! You'd be a pile of hamburger.

• Bobby : The way I see it, you got one major problem: No confidence. You got no confidence because you got no style. But we're gonna change all that.

  Lenny Barnes : How?

  Bobby : Same way we're gonna get that cute little blonde to notice you. I'm gonna give you a new image. I'm gonna give you flash!

• Lenny Barnes : [Seeing Bobby ecstatic whilst driving a Chevy]  When you passed away, it couldn't have been in a car accident, could it?

  Bobby : Yeah, how did you guess?

  Lenny Barnes : Just a hunch.