Purple Rain (1984)

Prince: The Kid

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• Apollonia : Will you help me?

  The Kid : No.

  Apollonia : Pardon me?

  The Kid : Nope... Wanna know why?

  Apollonia : Nope.

  The Kid : Because you wouldn't pass the initiation.

  Apollonia : What initiation?

  The Kid : Well, for starters, you have to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

  Apollonia : What?

  The Kid : You have to purify yourself in Lake Minnetonka.

  [She strips down, and runs towards the lake] 

  The Kid : Hey! Wait a minute! That's...

  [She jumps in. She gets out shivering] 

  The Kid : Uh, hold it...

  Apollonia : What?

  The Kid : That ain't Lake Minnetonka.

• The Kid : I'd like to dedicate this to my father, Francis L. It's a song the girls in the band wrote, Lisa and Wendy.

  [the Revolution performs "Purple Rain"] 

• Father : You got a girlfriend?

  The Kid : Yeah, I got a girlfriend.

  Father : You gonna get married?

  The Kid : I don't know.

  Father : Never get married.

• Wendy-The Revolution : [Playing ironically the melody of "Let's Go Crazy" on the guitar]  You like that ? Is that better?

  The Kid : [Vexed]  Where is everybody?

  Lisa-The Revolution : You're late. They left.

  The Kid : So what are you doing here?

  Lisa-The Revolution : [Parodying the Kid's speech at the beginning of "Let's Go Crazy"]  "But I'm here to tell you, there's something else"... Our music.

• Billy : [irked by the Revolution's performance of "Darling Nikki"]  What the fuck wrong with you, Kid?

  The Kid : I don't have time for your bullshit, Billy. What do you want?

  Billy : I told you before, this stage is no place for your personal shit, man!

  The Kid : That's life, man.

  Billy : Life, my ass, motherfucker! This is a business, and you ain't too far gone to see that yet! I told you before, you're not packin' them in like you used to. Nobody digs your music but yourself.

  The Kid : FUCK OFF!

  Billy : Yeah, okay. Just like your old man.

  [Kid gives Billy an offended look] 

  Billy : Yeah, you got it! Tell me I'm wrong! You're not blind! Look around you. No one's diggin' you. Oh, buddy, what a fuckin' waste. But, like father, like son...

  The Kid : [pointing at Billy]  Lay off that.

  Billy : Let me give you some good advice, junior: your music makes sense to no one... but yourself.

• Jerome : [also irked by the "Darling Nikki" performance]  That was fucked up, what you did, man. Morris doesn't like it, and I don't like it either.

  The Kid : I don't care.

  Jerome : It's obvious you don't have what it takes to get to the top. But just to show we're sympathetic to your problem...

  [throws tickets to Kid] 

  Jerome : ... here's two tickets to tonight's show. Enjoy.

  [walks off, then pokes his head back in the door] 

  Jerome : Don't forget to bring a girlfriend.

  [blow kiss] 

• Father : You have no business leavin' this house, you're always sneaking around! You're a Goddamn sinner!

  Mother : Shut Up, you don't care about me.

  Father : Don't I, keep the heat on?

  Mother : I don't like it here, you never talk to me.

  The Kid : Dad, please.

  Father : What's the matter, with this house?

  Mother : You're Crazy.

  Father : Shut up!

  [smacks Mother] 

  The Kid : Dad!

  Mother : No.

  [sobs] 

  Mother : I'm just, trapped here.

  Father : You always, have a roof over your head.

  Mother : You won't let me have, any fun.

  Father : I can make you, happy. If you just believe in me. Yeah, if you just believe in me.

  Mother : You never.

  Father : I will die for you.

• The Kid : [referring to Appolonia's anklet]  Gimme that... There on your boot.

  Apollonia : [removes the anklet and gives it to the Kid, who then walks away with a smile]  Hey, wait!

  [walks after him] 

  Apollonia : Give it back to me!

  The Kid : You can have it back later.

  Apollonia : I want it back now, okay?

  The Kid : Who gave it to you?

  Apollonia : A person.

  The Kid : Male or female?

  Apollonia : Huh?

  The Kid : [stops and turns around]  You're lying. I can tell just by your reaction, you're lying. So you gave it to me; it's not yours anymore.

  [smiles and walks away] 

• [after jumping in cold water, Apollonia is getting dressed and The Kid rides up to her] 

  The Kid : Come on, let's go.

  Apollonia : I'm not going anywhere, that was a rotten thing to do.

  The Kid : I'm sorry. I tried to stop you.

  [She looks at him] 

  Apollonia : I must have looked pretty ridiculous.

  The Kid : No, no! You looked great. That took some nerve, I wouldn't have got in that water. Come on.

  [She attempts to get on the motorcycle, he drives away] 

  Apollonia : Hey!

  The Kid : Come on.

  [She attempts to get on the motorcycle again, he drives away again] 

  Apollonia : COME ON!

  The Kid : OK, ok.

  [She gets on] 

  The Kid : Don't get my seat all wet.

• Apollonia : [Attempting to lift off the Kid's shirt]  King Kong ?

  The Kid : [Repelling her attempt]  Stop it!

  [the Kid tries the same thing with her] 

  Apollonia : No.

• Father : Listen to me! You come home, when I say come home. You've got no business, in the streets!

  Mother : Just leave me alone.

  Father : Come here!

  Mother : No!

  Father : I said now! Do you hear me?

  The Kid : Mom! Dad!

  Father : You keep this place, clean!

  The Kid : Please, Dad she's heard you.

  Mother : He wants to kill me, he's crazy.

  The Kid : Dad please!

  Mother : Look, what he's doing to me.

  Father : [Slaps The Kid] 

• The Kid : Thank you for a funky time, call me up whenever you want to grind. Yeeaaah!

• The Kid : Is that yours?

  Father : Of course it's mine. Who's else would it be?

• The Kid : [Puppet]  You don't need those girls, or their stupid music, all you need is me. Man, I don't know. My life's a bitch

  [pulls puppet down]