Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Jonah Bobo: Danny

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Quotes 

• Walter : [about Zorgons]  What do they eat?

  Astronaut : Meat.

  Danny : That's good.

  Astronaut : Dude. You're meat.

• Danny : Why'd you wish for a football? You could've wished us out of here!

  Walter : I was under a lot of pressure! He was yelling at me!

  [meaning the Astronaut] 

  Danny : [turns around]  Why were you yelling?

  Astronaut : [sits on the bed]  OK guys. Here's the thing: I've played this game before. OK? I played it with my own brother 15 years ago.

  Walter : You're a player?

  Astronaut : Yeah. Just like you guys. We were fighting a lot back then. And when the game started, it got even worse. Every time we spun, we got madder and madder at one another. And then I landed on the Star Space, the same one that Walter just landed on. I was *so* mad at him that when the star passed... I made my wish.

  Walter : What'd you wish for?

  Astronaut : I wished that my brother had never been born.

  Danny : Oh my god.

  [Walter looks at Danny, then at the Astronaut] 

  Astronaut : As soon as I did, it felt horrible. I thought, you know if I could spin again maybe I, I could land on another Star Space and wish him back but, the game wouldn't let me. So it wasn't my turn. Walter, there are some games you can't play alone.

• Danny : I'm hungry. Can you make me some macaroni-and-cheese?

  Walter : Don't know how.

  Danny : but, I'm hungry; what *do* you know how to make?

  Walter : Water.

• Danny : [when a tiny meteor shatters the urn above their fireplace]  Grandma!

• Walter : What are you doing?

  Danny : Making mac-and-cheese.

  Walter : There's no water, dummy, we're in outer space.

  [Danny turns the water on] 

  Walter : Why're you doing that?

  Danny : Beacuse I'm hungry and I know you're not goiong to take care of me.

  Walter : Don't bother; the gas won't work.

  Danny : [turns the stove on]  Any more advice?

• Danny : Wanna play Stratego?

  Walter : No, you always cheat at board games.

  Danny : But you can't even cheat at Stratego!

  Walter : Trust me, you'll find a way.

• Danny : You wished for two of me?

• Danny : Your're gonna leave us alone in this creepy old house?

  Dad : It's not creepy, it's old.

  Walter : I like mom's better.

  Dad : Well, so did she and now it's hers.

• Danny : A card came out!

  Walter : Fascinating!

• Danny : It's a black hole! Zathura is a black hole!

• Danny : It's just a goat. It's just a goat. It's just a goat.

  [sees it has four eyes] 

  Danny : It's not a goat. It's not a goat. It's not a goat. It's not a goat. It's not a goat.

• Danny : Zorgons are the lizardmen. They eat meat and we are MEAT!

• Walter : ...and then the card comes out...

  Danny : Oh, the card. The card. The card. The...

  Danny : THE CARD!

  Danny , Walter : THE CARD!

• Danny : Does cryonic mean ice?

• Danny : Wow! Outer space!

  Walter : No... it's just nighttime.

  Danny : I don't know, Walter... it never looked so *close* before.

• Walter : [reads card]  Meteorites. Take evasive action.

  Danny : What does that mean?

  Walter : I don't know, it just says "Meteorites. Take evas...

  [meteorite shoots through card] 

• Danny : God, I suck!

• Danny : I don't think we should play that game anymore.

• [last lines] 

  Lisa : We never speak of this. Okay?

  Walter : Never happened.

  Danny : Never happened.

  Walter : Still think l have gorgeous eyes?

  Danny : Walter!

  Walter : What?

• Danny : [throws glove at Walter]  You're such a dick!

• Danny : [after seeing what the Zorgons did to the living room]  My gerbil was in there.

• Danny : [game says "Flunk Space Academy, go back 1 space]  I'm not even going to comment on that.

• Danny : [Running around in circles as meteors bombard the living room]  Take erasive action! Take erasive action!

• Danny : [reads card]  Rest... on... standing... astroturf...

  Walter : What?

  Danny : Rest on standing astroturf!

  Walter : Gimme that.

  Walter : [reads card]  Rescue stranded astronaut!

• Danny : [sees the astronaut putting food on the table]  Are you doing this to keep Zorgons away?

  Astronaut : No. I'm doing this because I've been eating paste out of a tube for fifteen years.

• Robot : [hands rises up and opens as the camera pans up]  Alien life form, must destroy.

  Danny : Walter, I think he's talking about you.

  Robot : [opens the launcher and activates it, followed by his feet]  Flame.

  [the robot draws forward to the boys] 

  Danny , Walter : [screaming]  Bla-aaaaa-aaaah!

  [the boys dodges the robot's target, as he gets stuck at the fireplace] 

  Robot : [after serveral seconds, his head turns to the boys]  Alien life form, must destroy.

  Walter : Danny, take your turn.

  Danny : [gets to the board when he realizes a missing one]  There's no key.

  Walter : Find it.

  [With proper tension, Walter finds the key before the robot attacks him] 

  Walter : [gives key to Danny]  Take it, take it. Come on hurry.

  [the robot uses the saw to break out the bricks, then starts to chase Walter] 

  Walter : Gasp!

  [the Chase between Walter and the robot destroyed parts of the entryway and the kitchen] 

  Walter : [to Danny; running]  Take your turn!

  [the Chase concludes when the robot destroys the family's table in the office room and uses the jetpack to destroy the window] 

  Walter : Why didn't you go? I could have killed.

  Danny : I was scared. But it's okay, he's gone, isn't he?

  [the robot comes back into the house by destroying the window and slips into the office room] 

• [after Walter wishes on a shooting star, a second identical Danny appears] 

  Danny : You wished for TWO of me?

  Walter : No! I - I wished the astronaut guy had his brother back...

  [stunned, The Astronaut approaches the second Danny and smiles, embracing him] 

  Astronaut : Danny!

  Alternate Danny : Who are you?

  Astronaut : It's me. It's Walter, I'm... I'm your brother.

  Walter : What?

  Danny : What?

  Alternate Danny : No, you're not.

  [points to Walter] 

  Alternate Danny : He is.

  Astronaut : Yes... I'm older, but... I'm him. I came back for you.

• [first lines] 

  Dad : [playing catch]  Oh, man. That's it. Nice grab. Oh, yeah.

  Dad : All right, Danny, your turn.

  Walter : What? l didn't get my full turn!

  Dad : Yeah you did. I counted. That was 25. That's what we said.

  Walter : That's not fair!

  Dad : lt's exactly fair. Come on, Danny. Time for your turn, then l gotta work for an hour.

  Danny : [getting into place]  You know, you're not the only one who gets a turn.

  Walter : [miming]  "The only one who gets a turn."

• [Walter plays the Zathura and the rocket ships are faulty] 

  Walter : Hang on a second, something's wrong.

  [turns to Danny] 

  Walter : I was ahead of you.

  Danny : Somebody must have kicked the board.

  Walter : No. Nobody kicked the board. You cheated!

  Danny : No, I didn't!

  Walter : You cheated! I knew you were gonna cheat!

  Astronaut : Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold on! Okay, cheater's a strong word!

  Danny : I didn't cheat! I said I didn't cheat! I didn't cheat!

  Walter : You cheated!

  Astronaut : Guys, guys, guys! Please! Bring it down, indoor voices.

  [turns to Danny] 

  Astronaut : Now, did you move the piece?

  Danny : Maybe, I moved the piece by an accident.

  Astronaut : Okay. It was an accident.

  Walter : How can you move a piece by accident, it's stuck to the game? That's impossible! You cheated, you cheated!

  Astronaut : Okay. No, no, no, no! Let's not used that word! No, stop saying cheat!

  Danny : I didn't cheated! I didn't cheat! I DIDN'T CHEAT!

  Walter : You cheated! CHEATER!

  Astronaut : Hey, hey, hey! Come on! Okay?

  [turns back to Danny] 

  Astronaut : Now, where did you move from?

  Danny : I was right here.

  Walter : No, you weren't! You were back there!

  Danny : Nuh-uh.

  Astronaut : Look. Okay. Okay. Here, careful.

  [Walter pushes the red rocket back four times] 

  Walter : God.

  Astronaut : Okay, it's fixed. Okay.

  Walter : You're such a baby.

  Danny : I'm not a baby!

  Astronaut : Hey, slow down! Slow down!

  Walter : Yes, you are a baby! You're a baby!

  Danny : I'm not a baby!

  Astronaut : No! Nobody is a baby here!

  Walter : A hundred percent, you're a baby!

  Danny : I'm not a baby!

  Walter : You're a little baby!

  Danny : I'M NOT A BABY!

  Astronaut : Oh, geez, it won't stop!

  [covers Danny's mouth] 

  Astronaut : Okay, let's play the game.

  Walter : Fine.