Ticks (1993)

Ray Oriel: Rome Hernandez

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Quotes 

• [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.

• [the kids arrive at the Campgrounds Lodge] 

  Rome Hernandez : This is it. This place looks worse than the projects.

  Dee Dee Davenport : Definitely not cable-ready.

  Melissa Danson : Wait till you check out the toilette, princess.

  Rome Hernandez : Do we got to actually sleep in this dump?

  Panic : Give me a dark alley over this place, anytime. This place ain't right, man. It's too quiet. It's too goddamn quiet.

• [Rome walks up to the lodge carrying all of Dee's bags] 

  Rome Hernandez : What am I, the valet? What the hell you got in here, Dee Dee?

• [Rome and Panic get into the beds of their shared bunk bed] 

  Rome Hernandez : Hey! Man, this place reminds me of Boy's Republic back in juvenile hall.

  Panic : [Panic screams like a kid]  What!

• [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!

• [Mrs. Lambert tries to ask Rome and Dee to go out fishing] 

  Rome Hernandez : What are you trying to get rid of us?

  Holly Lambert : No. I just think it's time you guys had fun together.

  Rome Hernandez : Hey. I'm having too much fun already.

  Holly Lambert : [Rome chuckles at Mrs. Lambert]  Dee, what about you?

  Dee Dee Davenport : [Dee lays on her back tanning]  Oh, I got to stay in the shade. You know, that ozone thing.

• [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.

• [last lines] 

  Rome Hernandez : [the group watches the cabin explode as they escape in the van]  Yeah, sucker!

  [Rome puts his arm around Dee Dee, Mrs. Lambert puts her arm around Kelly] 

  Melissa Danson : [Melissa puts her arm around Charles]  Oh, dad.

  [Tyler sits in the front seat, driving them all back to the city, as it's revealed that the van has a tick egg attached underneath it]