The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (TV Series)
The Case of the Wannabe Witch (1997)
Meredith Henderson: Shirley Holmes
Quotes
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[Shirley notes Ms. Flitt's look of satisfaction when a light bulb explodes and the computers overheat]
Shirley Holmes : Did any of you notice the look on Miss Flitt's face?
Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Whoever notices Misfit?
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[Shirley has convinced Bart to help her break into Miss Flitt's house]
Shirley Holmes : You don't have to do this.
Bartholomew 'Bart' James : Hey, paranormal are us!
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[sniffing one of Miss Flitt's bag of herbs]
Shirley Holmes : It smells like mint, jasmine and... *turkey stuffing*?
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[Shirley discovers Mr. Howie's missing belongings on Miss Flitt's workbench]
Shirley Holmes : She needed his personal belongings to cast a spell.
Shirley Holmes , Bartholomew 'Bart' James : A love spell!
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Bartholomew 'Bart' James : Shirley, I'm scared.
Shirley Holmes : Information is power and we need to get some.
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Peggy Holmes : Wicca, which we think of as witchcraft, is very ancient wisdom. Many of these herbs found in witches' brews are still used today - only we call them medicine.
[Shirley flips through the pages of a book about Wicca]
Shirley Holmes : There's a swastika!
Peggy Holmes : Oh, long before it was a swastika, it was a rune - a very powerful symbol of magic.
Shirley Holmes : So there really is such a thing as sorcery?
Peggy Holmes : Symbolism and ritual are forces not to be taken lightly. Consider how feared the swastika became at the hands of the Nazis. Some call it sorcery; some call it psychology.
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Shirley Holmes : But what if someone was using Wicca to hurt people?
Peggy Holmes : Then he doesn't understand what he's dealing with. Wicca is for healing, not hurting. Shirley, that person is very dangerous.
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Bartholomew 'Bart' James : I'm such a coward.
Shirley Holmes : Bart, it's normal for us to be afraid of things we don't understand.
Bartholomew 'Bart' James : Not for me it isn't.
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[Shirley and friends want Mr. Howie to help retrieve personal articles stolen by Miss Flitt, including the science teacher's pen engraved "to Binky"]
Shirley Holmes : Absolutely not!
Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : It's the only way, Mr. Howie.
Bartholomew 'Bart' James : Unless you want to be her love slave.
Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : You do what to pay her back, don't you, Mr. How... Binky?
Arthur Howie : What precisely would I have to do?
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Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Ah, Shirley...
Shirley Holmes : It's her effigy of Ms. Stratmann.
[Bo examines the effigy more closely]
Francis Boris 'Bo' Sawchuk : Yeah, but isn't that *your* compass?
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Alice Flitt : So, you and your little friends paid me another visit last night. I'll have to punish you for that!
Shirley Holmes : I don't think so. See, what you fail to realize, Miss Flitt, is I'm a witch, too.
[Shirley, dressed in a witch's costume, demonstrates her "powers"]
Alice Flitt : There always was something different about you.
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Alice Flitt : I never had any real powers?
Shirley Holmes : You had the power of believing in yourself.
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[last lines]
Shirley Holmes : [narrating] As for Miss Flitt, she's taking some time away from work. I can only hope that eventually she realizes that real power was inside her all along.