Let's Get Tough! (1942)

Leo Gorcey: Muggs McGinnis

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Quotes 

• Muggs : [watching a parade of troops march by]  Okay, boys, we've seen enough. Come on.

  Danny Connors : Why? Where're we going?

  Muggs : We're gonna clean up on some Japs.

• Officer 'Pops' Stevens : [ready to let the boys go but pointing to the vegetables stolen by Muggs]  All right, only put that stuff back where you got it.

  Muggs : That's Vitamins for Victory.

• Muggs : Somethin' smells.

  Danny Connors : Yeah, and it ain't cherry blossoms.

  Muggs : Whatever it is, we're gonna find out.

  Scruno : You're sorta J.G., huh? Junior G-Men?

  Danny Connors : Hey, now there's an idea. They won't let us enlist, so maybe we can help out like that.

• Muggs : Good morning, Matsui. How's your health?

  Mr. Matsui - Joe's Father : Very good. I trust that your honorable health is excellent, young man.

  Muggs : My health is slowly depreciatin' and I'm very dishonorable, but I want to thank my venerable forefathers that I'm able and well to walk into your worthy tea shop on this sunny day.

• [the East Side Kids discover the Black Dragon uniforms] 

  Muggs : Maybe they're just a bunch of actors rehearsing a play or something.

  Glimpy : Naw, I think it's Japanese Halloween.

• Recruiting Officer : You'll have to have proof of your age.

  Muggs : Proof? Feel these bristles.

  [rubs his chin on the back of the officer's hand] 

  Muggs : And I just shaved this mornin', too.

• Tojo - Joe's Assistant : You're a very brave young fellow with all your friends here.

  Danny Connors : Yeah, go ahead. Step outside, fellas. I wanna take care of this.

  Tojo - Joe's Assistant : Oh, no. I don't a wanna fight.

  Muggs : Naw, not unless you've got ten to one on your side.

• Glimpy : You talk like you was a General MacArthur.

  Scruno : Bataan or Japan, that General will fight 'em to a stand still.

  Danny Connors : Yeah, you're not kidding, so long as he's got help.

  Muggs : He'll have plenty of help because we're joinin' the army.

• Muggs : That toad from Tokyo, he can't do that to me. I'll murder him!

• Scruno : Say, you guys sure this is Kino's store?

  Glimpy : Sure, can't you smell the cherry scent?

  Scruno : The only thing I ever did with a cent is spend it.

  Muggs : All in one place?

• Danny Connors : You gotta believe us.

  Muggs : Eh, he wouldn't even believe Ripley.

• Glimpy : What did I do now? You said you wanted to make a pyramid.

  Muggs : You'll never make it, ya bunch of...

  Glimpy : Well, I'm not an Egyptian!

• Muggs : Uh-oh, there goes Little Red Ridin' Hood. A beautiful piece of Hari-Kiri.

  Glimpy : What do you mean Hari-Kiri? He committed suicide.

• Muggs : The Japs don't ask you how old you are when they start droppin' those bombs on ya.

  Recruiting Officer : Orders is orders. Tell that to the Marines.

• [last lines] 

  Muggs : Awe, don't feel bad. We'll take you on your honeymoon. Come on, let's go! See you in Tokyo, Pops!

• Scruno : I might be a Junior G, but I'm also an SBB.

  Muggs : What is an SBB?

  Scruno : A scared black boy!

• Scruno : [at the top of a dark staircase after Muggs bribes him with a reward of loaded dice to be their point man]  No, I ain't going down there first.

  Muggs : Not even for the dice?

  Scruno : Not even for fried chicken.

• Muggs : That's the most moiderous interpretation of music *I* ever hoid.

• Muggs : Can't you ever learn no ethics?

  Glimpy : Aw, can I help it if I'm touched?

• Muggs : [to Scruno, the only dark-skinned member of the gang]  Just cuz YOU can't tell a little white lie is no reason why the rest of us can't.

• Muggs : Come to our place sometime and we'll have a nice third degree picnic.