Michael Horton: Boink

Quotes 

• Tess : [sees three tunnels]  You know what this means, don't you?

  Boink , Bully : No!

  Tess : Jeez, when you gotta explain simple plot devices... we split up, each of us takes a different tunnel!

  Boink , Bully : Oh, yeah!

  Bully : Why didn't we think of that?

  Boink : Well, Tess's mom and dad let her stay up late and watch old movies...

• [Boink is sucked into a pinball game] 

  Boink : You know, I never really got into pinball before. This could be fun, challenging.

  [a giant ball appears] 

  Boink : Then again...

• [a fire sprinkler goes off, Boink takes out some potted plants] 

  Boink : This is a lot easier than getting my plants a drink at the water fountain...

• Bully : Secret doorway...

  Boink : Think this is where they keep the secret mops?

• Boink : [turns off the water supply to the sprinklers]  Too bad we can't do this at picnics...

• [at the janitor's office] 

  Tess : Do we knock?

  Boink : Nah, let's bravely go where no student has gone before.

  Bully : This is a tense moment...

• Boink : My dad told me about hula hoops... not much to tell.

• Ms. Devine : [to Boink, Tess and Bully]  Would you and you and, oh yes, you, be dears and find the janitor? Tell him to bring a mop!

  Boink , Bully , Tess : Janitor?

  Ms. Devine : Yes! You, know, those quaint lonely men with the names on their pockets? Tell him to clean up this mess, immediatement!

  Grizzle : What mess?

• Tess : Oh, great. It's pitch black, how are we gonna find anything in this?

  Boink : I got an idea!

  [a lightbulb, symbolizing an idea, forms; he puts it on] 

  Bully : Bright idea!