Ticks (1993)

Seth Green: Tyler Burns

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Quotes 

• [Tyler asks Panic a question as he watches Panic steal out of Rome's bags] 

  Tyler : Did you ever kill anybody?

  Panic : What kind of a question is that?

  Tyler : A pretty direct one.

  Panic : All right. I've killed about as many dudes as you've boned chicks. You make the call.

  Tyler : Whew. That many? Wow.

  Panic : [Tyler walks off as Panic tells himself]  The kid's all right.

• [first lines] 

  Tyler : [Mr. Burns drops off his son Tyler at the designated pick-up stop]  Dad, please don't make me do this.

  Mr. Burns : Tyler, it's for your own good. I checked out this program. Miss Lambert's helped a lot of kids. I... I think she can help you, too. Okay? Tyler?

  Mr. Burns : [Tyler gets out of the truck looking back]  I'm doing this because I want you to get better.

• [Tyler meets Dee and Rome at the pick-up spot] 

  Rome Hernandez : [Rome slams on the breaks of his car]  See that shit! Stops on a dime! Dee, how much did this thing cost?

  Dee Dee Davenport : Uh, Daddy said the IRS paid for it.

  Rome Hernandez : Since it was so cheap I asked her old man to buy me one, too. 'Only if you drive it to Mexico,' he says. 'And stay there!'

  Rome Hernandez : [Rome looks to Tyler]  Do I look Mexican to you?

  Tyler : [Tyler looks around not knowing what to say]  Yeah.

• [Tyler shoots the basketball to Panic's game] 

  Panic : [Tyler shoots the jump shot and makes it]  Again.

  Tyler : I made it.

  Panic : Yeah, well, I wasn't looking.

  Panic : [Tyler makes the shot again]  Lucky shot. Again.

  Tyler : [Panic passes Tyler the ball]  It's your turn.

  Panic : [Tyler passes Panic the ball]  Oh, so you make the rules now, huh?

  Tyler : [they're ride honks the horn to pick the two up]  Yeah, I do. Game's over.

• [Tyler and Panic find their first tick] 

  Tyler : It's a tick. Vampires of the insect world.

  Panic : Uh. That sucker's nasty.

  Tyler : Got a match or something?

  Panic : Yeah. Hold on.

  Tyler : My grandfather told me this. They're too tough to squash.

  Panic : [Tyler lights the match on the tick as it flames up]  Damn.

• [Tyler and Melissa take a walk together in the woods] 

  Melissa Danson : You must think I hate everything, huh?

  Tyler : No, actually I, uh... you must like coming up here with your dad, huh?

  Melissa Danson : No, I hate it. I hate this place. I mean, everybody says coming out to nature is supposed to be a poetic and inspiring experience, right? What is so inspiring about bugs and insects and snakes and creatures of the night making all that racket? It's suffocating and it's vile, and it's full of rot.

• [Tyler and Melissa come back from they're stroll in the woods] 

  Tyler : Melissa got attacked by some big bug or something. Can we go home?

  Charles Danson : Well, we are out in the wilderness.

  Tyler : No, I know, but this wasn't your average wilderness bug, okay?

  Melissa Danson : No, wait, this thing was, like, glued to my back or something. It was gross, it was all slimy, it was like a, like a...

  Rome Hernandez : Like a big snot!

• [Holly tells the kids what to do if they see any bugs] 

  Holly Lambert : Just don't touch it if you don't know what it is.

  Melissa Danson : Don't touch it? It attacked me.

  Holly Lambert : Oh, come on, guys. Bugs don't attack unless they're aggravated.

  Tyler : Great. Classic story. The adults not believing the kids. Thanks.

  Panic : I should've brought a piece, man. This place ain't safe.

• [Tyler volunteers to jump out the second floor window pass the fire, pass the ticks] 

  Rome Hernandez : What, are you nuts?

  Tyler : No, man, look. My panic disorder is acting up. I gotta get out of this room, okay?

  Charles Danson : Are you gonna be okay, Tyler?

  Tyler : Yeah, we'll all be okay. We just need to get out of here.

  Rome Hernandez : Are you sure you know what you're doing?

  Tyler : Sure, man. I mean if I can manage to swing out far enough, and defy the laws of gravity, and meet the van on the backswing?

  Tyler : [Tyler chuckles to himself]  I'll need a torch.