Full House (TV Series)

Silence Is Not Golden (1993)

Jodie Sweetin: Stephanie Tanner

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• Jesse Katsopolis : [after finding out Charles' father is abusing him]  Oh, I gotta report this right now.

  Stephanie Tanner : Why?

  Jesse Katsopolis : Because... if I don't, I'm gonna go straighten him out myself.

• Charles : Look, the thing is my dad does hit me sometimes, but it's my own fault for ticking him off. Boy, did he really clobber me last week.

  Stephanie Tanner : You mean, when you came to school with that black eye and you said you walked into a door?

  Charles : Yeah. A door named Dad.

• Stephanie Tanner : They took him away from his home? I never should've told you. Now he's gonna hate me! This is all your fault!

  Jesse Katsopolis : Stephanie, knock it off. Stephanie, listen. It's not my fault. It's not your fault. WE weren't the ones hurting Charles.

  Stephanie Tanner : Then why'd they have to take him out of his house?

  Jesse Katsopolis : They had to! He wasn't safe there.

• Stephanie Tanner : [on why she can't tell Jesse what's wrong]  I promised I wouldn't tell, and you always taught us never to break a promise.

  Jesse Katsopolis : Yes we did teach you that, it's a good rule but here's the thing, all rules have exceptions to them.

  Stephanie Tanner : They do?

  Jesse Katsopolis : Absolutely, like the one about don't swim for an hour after you eat, I hate that rule; I mean yes let's say you have a big dinner with a steak and baked potato and sour cream, then yes an hour. But what if you eat a cracker? Here is where the exception comes in, I say eat a cracker, wait five minutes, boom, get in the pool, a peanut... eat the peanut and swim, there're all these, a whole range of exceptions.

• Michelle Tanner : Oh, Stephanie.

  Charles : Oh, look. It's half a person.

  Michelle Tanner : You've got a bad attitude.

  Stephanie Tanner : What is it, Michelle? We're studying.

  Michelle Tanner : You're in big trouble with Dad.

  [Charles looks up] 

  Michelle Tanner : Big, big, big, big, big, big, big...

  Stephanie Tanner : Okay, okay. I get it. What did I do?

  Michelle Tanner : You forgot to take the garbage out again.

  Stephanie Tanner : [cringes]  Uh-oh.

  Michelle Tanner : Dad said he'll deal with you later. Just thought you'd like to know.

  [walks out] 

  Charles : Well, I guess you're really in for it now, huh?

  Stephanie Tanner : Tsss, yeah. That's twice this week. My dad's gonna flip out on me.

  Charles : Well, you know what helps? Try thinking of a funny movie you like... like Home Alone or Roger Rabbit. That's what I always do when I'm getting it.

  Stephanie Tanner : Getting what?

  Charles : Well, you know, when your dad's pounding you.

• Stephanie Tanner : There's this kid in my class, Charles. His father hits him... bad. He really hurts him, Uncle Jesse.

  Jesse Katsopolis : Are you sure, Steph?

  Stephanie Tanner : Positive. He told me all about it. And he wasn't in school today. The teacher said he had another 'accident'.

• Stephanie Tanner : I'm not exaggerating, Dad. Nobody in school can stand this kid, Charles. He's a total obnoxitron.

  Danny Tanner : Oh, come on, Steph. How bad can he be?

  Stephanie Tanner : Bad. Fluffner, our class bunny, tried to *bite* him.

• Jesse Katsopolis : Listen, I realize how hard this was for you. But the bottom line is, thanks to you, thanks to Stephanie, Charles' father can't hurt him tonight.

  Stephanie Tanner : What made his father so mean?

  Jesse Katsopolis : I don't know. I look at you girls, and I look at Nicky and Alex. How can anyone hurt their child?