Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964 TV Movie)
Paul Soles: Hermey
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Quotes
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[Rudolph, Yukon, and Hermey are traveling through thick fog]
Yukon Cornelius : This fog's as thick as peanut butter!
Hermey : [Correcting Yukon] You mean pea soup.
Yukon Cornelius : [after Hermey corrects him] You eat what you like, and I'll eat what I like!
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Yukon Cornelius : You're going to stay with me, and we'll all be rich--with the biggest silver strike this side of Hudson Bay. Sil-verrrrrrr!
Hermey : I thought you wanted gold.
Yukon Cornelius : I changed my mind.
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Head Elf : [Entering the workshop room where Hermey is practicing his dental skills; angrily] Why weren't you at elf practice?
Hermey : [pauses his work] Just fixing these dolls' teeth.
Head Elf : Just fixing...? Now listen: we have dolls that cry, talk, walk, blink and run a temperature. We don't need any chewing dolls!
Hermey : But I just thought I'd find a way to - to fit in.
Head Elf : You'll *never* fit in! Now you come to elf practice, learn how to wiggle your ears, chuckle warmly, go "hee-hee" and "ho-ho", and important stuff like that. A dentist! Good grief!
[slams door]
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Head Elf : Hermey! Aren't you finished painting that yet? There's a pile-up a mile wide behind you! What's eatin' ya, boy?
Hermey : Not happy with my work, I guess.
Head Elf : What?
Hermey : [sadly] I just don't like to make toys.
Head Elf : Oh, well, if that's all... What? You don't like to make toys?
Hermey : [sadly again] Nnno.
Head Elf : [to the other elves] Hermey doesn't like to make toys!
Elves : [whispering to each other, then chorusing to Hermey in unison] Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Hermey doesn't like to make toys. Shame on you!
Head Elf : Do you mind telling me what you do want to do?
Hermey : Well, sir, someday, I'd like to be a... a dentist.
Head Elf : A - dentist?
Hermey : Well, we need one up here. I've been studying. It's fascinating; you've no idea. Molars and bicuspids and incisors...
Head Elf : [interuppts] Now listen, you: you're an elf, and elves make toys.
[shoving the dentistry book away and shoving the cart that Hermey was painting back to him]
Head Elf : Now, get to work!
[whistle blows]
Head Elf : [to the other elves] Ten minute break!
[Hermey smiles eagerly and starts to leave, but the head elf jumps him]
Head Elf : Not for you! Finish the job, or you're fired!
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Charlie-In-The-Box : I am the official sentry of the Island of Misfit Toys.
Hermey : [Surprised] A jack-in-the-box for a sentry?
Charlie-In-The-Box : Yes, and my name is...
Rudolph : [interrupts] Don't tell me: Jack.
Charlie-In-The-Box : [Sadly] No, Charlie. That's why I'm a misfit toy. My name is all wrong. No child wants to play with a Charlie-In-The-Box, so I had to come here.
Hermey : Where's "here"?
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Head Elf : [extending his hand to Hermey, then Hermey shakes it] All right, you can open a dentist office, next week, after Christmas.
Hermey : Come here, open your mouth.
Head Elf : [groaning as he opens his mouth] Ah...
Hermey : Oh, dear! I'd better set an appointment up for you a week from Tuesday, 4:30 sharp!
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Hermey : [about the Bumble] Don't let this big blowhard scare you anymore; just walk right past him.
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Hermey : [singing] Why am I such a misfit? I am not just a nitwit. You can't fire me, I quit! Seems I don't fit in.