The Boxtrolls (2014)

Elle Fanning: Winnie Portley-Rind

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Quotes 

• Winnie : BoxTroll Exterminators? They live down in Curds Way.

  Eggs : How do I get there?

  Winnie : Curds Way?

  [pointing at street sign "Milk Street"] 

  Winnie : Milk turns into it.

  [rimshot is heard] 

• Winnie : [explaining to Eggs, who has been raised as a Boxtroll since he was a baby, how to act around humans]  When you meet someone, you must look them in the eye, and shake hands.

  [a confused Eggs does jazz hands] 

  Winnie : What are you doing?

• Winnie : You bit me. With your mouth.

• Winnie : [she has fallen down a deep hole, that leads to the Boxtrolls underground hide-out]  Where are the rivers of blood, and the mountains of bones? I was promised mountains of bones!

• Winnie : [When Eggs states that he is a Boxtroll]  Oh... really? Then let's see you fit into your box!

  Eggs : Err... I can't right now.

  Winnie : [nods head]  Ummhmm.

  Eggs : I'm long boned.

• Winnie : [on seeing Eggs rubbing his crotch]  No!... You don't scratch there in public. That's why they're called

  [whispers] 

  Winnie : privates.

• Winnie : You're the worst pickpocket I've ever seen.

  Winnie : [Eggs is cowering in a trashcan, Winnie drops a coin on his nose]  Here. Buy a book on how to be a better thief.

• Eggs : I told you, we don't eat people.

  Winnie : [challenging]  Why do you keep saying "we"? You're not one of them. You're a BOY.

  Eggs : [denying it]  No I'm not, I'm a Boxtroll.

  Winnie : Oh, really? Let's see you fit in your box.

  Eggs : [making excuses]  I can't right now. I'm long-boned.

  Winnie : And you don't talk like them.

  Eggs : I have a speech impediment.

  Winnie : Your ears aren't pointed.

  Eggs : I slept on them funny.

  Winnie : [when Eggs keeps insisting he's a Boxtroll]  Oh, for goodness sake, give me your hand. I don't bite.

  Winnie : [compares Eggs' hand to that of a Boxtroll's hand, who only has 3 fingers, and the middle finger is huge]  See? You're not like them.

  Winnie : [places her hand against his hand, and their fingers line up]  You're one of us. You're a boy, Eggs.

• Winnie : [Eggs is examining himself in a full-length mirror, he is now dressed in human clothes]  You look more like a proper boy.

  Eggs : [bemused]  Me, proper boy?

• Eggs : Please help us.

  Winnie : [exhales resignedly]  If I agree to help, you have to do exactly as I say.

  Eggs : I promise.

  Winnie : All right, first things first. Off with the box.

  Winnie : [Eggs recoils in shock; quick cut to all the Boxtrolls screaming at Eggs not wearing his box]  Stop that!

  Winnie : [to all the Boxtrolls]  Alright, you petty thieves, bring me your loot.

• Winnie : [addressing the outdoor audience, standing on the same stage that Madame Frou Frou used to]  And there I was, trapped in his sweaty armpit, until he swelled like a balloon and POP!

  Winnie : [audience applauds]  An ocean of guts exploded over us like a hurricane of yuck!

• Winnie : You were with the Boxtrolls last night?

  Eggs : Yes.

  Winnie : [gets real excited]  Oh. I knew it. I knew it! I knew it! Father didn't believe me, but I knew it! How did you escape?

  Eggs : We went underground.

  Winnie : Did they drag you down to their hideous cave?

  Eggs : [shocked by her question]  Huh?

  Winnie : [morbidly excited]  Were there mountains of baby bones? And rivers of blood?

  Eggs : [aghast by her questions]  What?

  Winnie : Did they eat your family, and did they let you watch?

  Eggs : What?

  Winnie : I mean, MAKE you watch? Tell me everything!