Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

Tom McGrath: Skipper, Lemur

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Quotes 

• [Bulb on the fuel guage is flashing] 

  Kowalski : Skipper, look.

  Skipper : Analysis

  Kowalski : It looks like a small incandescent bulb, designed to indicate something out of the ordinary, like a malfunction.

  Skipper : I find it pretty and somewhat hypnotic.

  Kowalski : That too, sir.

  Skipper : Right. Rico, maunal!

  [Catches the manual and smashes the bulb with it] 

  Skipper : Problemo solved.

  Kowalski : Sir, we may be out of fuel.

  Skipper : What makes you think that?

  Kowalski : We've lost engine one, and engine two is no longer on fire.

  Skipper : Buckle up, boys. Don't look, doll, this might get hairy.

  [on the microphone] 

  Skipper : This is your captain speaking. I have good news and bad news. The good news is that we will be landing immediately.

  [everyone claps] 

  Skipper : The bad news is, we're crash landing.

  [Plane goes on a dive] 

  Skipper : When it comes to air travel, we know that you have no choice whatsoever, but thanks again for choosing Air Penguin.

• Kowalski : Only two passengers unaccounted for, Skipper.

  Skipper : That's a number I can live with! Good landing, boys! Who says a penguin can't fly?

• Skipper : [Looking at the blueprints for the plane]  Very impressive, Kowalski. But will it fly?

  Kowalski : Yes, if you fold it here, here, and here.

  [Folds plans into paper plane and throws it] 

  Skipper : Nice.

• Skipper : Gently now, you just wanna kiss the ground, just a little peck, a smooch like you're kissing your sister.

  [Plane violently lands and the tires break off] 

  Skipper : I said kiss it!

• Skipper : [to Alex]  You! Pretty boy! Why don't you and your friends dig a latrine, maybe find water.

  Alex : Hold on, hold on a second. Who made you... king of the plane wreck?

  Skipper : 'Scuse me?

  [Rico pulls out and deploys a switchblade] 

• Skipper : Pray to your personal god this hunk of junk flies.

• Alex : Slow down! You're gonna kill us! There's got to be another way! Pass it on!

  [the monkey chain relays the message up to the plane] 

  Mason : Don't slow down. Kill us. It's the only way. Basset Hound!

  Skipper : The best sacrifice is the one made by others.

  [Nana shoots through the plane's windshield and blows off the bobblehead doll's head] 

  Skipper : Doll! MEDIC!

  [Private gets out the duct tape] 

• Skipper : We'll divide into three groups. Group Alpha, you're in charge of sheet metal fabrication. Group Bronson, you'll handle assembley. Group George Peppard, you'll handle craft services. Any questions?

• Skipper : Higher mammal! We shall require use of your opposibles!

  [Phil curses in sign language] 

  Mason : Phil! I ought to wash your hands out with soap.

• Skipper : That has to be the second biggest slingshot I've ever seen, but I guess it'll have to do.

• Skipper : Operation tourist trap is a go.

  Private : Oh, I like that one, that's a good one.

  Kowalski : It works on many levels, sir.

  Skipper : You guys are a bunch of suck-ups.

  Kowalski : That too, sir.

  Private : Oh, absolutely, sir.

• Alex : Hey! Happy Slappers! Is there any reason to celebrate? Look at the plane!

  Skipper : We'll fix it.

  Alex : Fix it? How you gonna fix this?

  Skipper : Grit, spit

  [Private spits] 

  Skipper : and a whole lotta duct tape.

  [Rico pulls out a roll of duct tape] 

  Skipper : We should be up and running in say...

  [Kowalski shows him an abacus] 

  Skipper : six to nine months.

  Alex : Sixty-nine months?

  Skipper : No, six *to* nine months.

• Skipper : I'd like to kiss you, monkey man.

  Mason : All right, but you're so darn ugly.

  [Kisses Skipper] 

• Zuba : Love transcends all boundaries. We are here to celebrate such a love. Do you two take each other for better or worse?

  Skipper : For better, please.

• Mason : The plane won't be fixed until the suits meet our demands. Now, about maternity leave.

  Skipper : Maternity leave?

  [glances under the table] 

  Skipper : You're all male...

  Marty : Look, we need that plane for a rescue mission.

  Skipper : Well, there's nothing I can do until we bust up this union.

  Gloria : I'm gonna get to bustin' up all you if you don't get this plane going!

  Skipper : Can't you see these commies have my hands tied, here? NO maternity leave!

  Mason : [nudges Phil, who pulls out incriminating photos of Skipper and "Doll" in compromising positions]  Maybe a certain someone wouldn't want *these* blowing around the savanna?

  Skipper : [reluctantly]  All right, you get your maternity leave.

• Skipper : How's that, boys? Looks like ice cream sushi for breakfast!

• [Kowalski is showing Skipper the plans to rebuild the plane] 

  Skipper : Looks impressive, Kowalski, but will it fly?

  Kowalski : Yes.

  [He begins folding the plans into an origami plane] 

  Kowalski : If we fold it here, here and here.

  [He hurls the paper plane out onto the plains] 

  Skipper : Nice.

• [first lines] 

  Skipper : [after taking out the DreamWorks moon boy]  Well done, boys. Looks like ice-cold sushi for breakfast.

  [They all give high five] 

• Kowalski : Skipper, we've all the parts we need but we're slightly behind schedule.

  Skipper : How slightly?

  Kowalski : Six to nine years.

  Skipper : Sixty-nine years?

  Kowalski : No, six *to* nine years.