Dinosaur (2000)

Alfre Woodard: Plio

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• [first lines] 

  Plio : Some things start out big, and some things start out small, very small. But sometimes the smallest thing can make the biggest changes of all.

• Bruton : Why is he doing this? Pushing them on with false hope?

  Plio : It's hope that's gotten us this far.

  Bruton : But why doesn't he let them accept their fate? I've accepted mine.

  Plio : And what is your fate?

  Bruton : To die here. It's the way things are.

  Plio : Only if you give up, Bruton. It's your choice, not your fate.

• Plio : [Bruton is found wounded]  We can't just leave him here!

  Eema : We can if we move fast enough.

• Zini : [about Aladar as a baby]  This "monster"'s got no teeth! What's he gonna do? Gum us to death?

  Plio : Zini, come on: look at that sweet little face. Does that look like a monster to you?

• [last lines] 

  Plio : None of knows what changes, big or small, lie ahead. One thing is certain - our journey's not over. We can only hope that in some small way our time here will be remembered.

• [after the lemur children hop away after playing with Aladar] 

  Plio : [sarcastically]  Heh. It's a shame you don't like kids.

  Aladar : [sarcastically]  Ugh. Nasty little vermin.

• [Yar is trying to dissuade Plio from raising the baby Aladar] 

  Plio : [vexed]  *What* is going on with you?

  Yar : [exasperated]  Plio... That *thing* is DANGEROUS!

  Plio : [to baby Aladar;regretfully sighs]  I'm sorry, little one.

  [to Yar, handing baby Aladar over to him] 

  Plio : Okay, get rid of it.

  Yar : [Yar gasps] 

  Plio : [coyishly and sarcastically]  Hmph!

  [Plio sits on a patch of moss to seemingly watch Yar get rid of baby Aladar] 

  Yar : Alright, he will...

  [Yar lifts baby Aladar over the edge of the branch, preparing to drop the dinosaur baby to his death. All the other lemurs are watching him. Instead of dropping baby Aladar, Yar heistates, grumbling to himself as though trying to will himself to do the job] 

  Plio : [sarcastically]  You better hurry, Dad. It looks hungry.

  Yar : wha-?

  [Yar looks at Baby Aladar. Baby Aladar coes and looks at Yar with droopy eyelids. Yar grumbles indecively, trying hard not to be overcome with tenderness for the baby dinosaur. Then, he closes his eyes and sighs, defeated. Yar hears a strange sound and opens his eyes to see that baby Aladar is peeing on him] 

  Yar : [disgusted, defeated; handing Aladar back to Plio]  Rmmm... Here.

  Plio : [smiling]  It's okay. We'll teach him to hate meat.

• Yar : It's a cold-blooded monster from across the sea: vicious, flesh-eating!

  [baby Aladar burps] 

  Yar : Eurgh...

  Plio : Looks like a baby to me.

  Yar : Babies grow up! You keep that thing, one day, we'll turn our backs, it'll be picking us out of its teeth! Things like THAT eat things like US as snacks!

• [the group reaches the Nesting Grounds, featuring a large lake] 

  Plio : Our new home...

  Zini : AND IT COMES WITH A POOL!

• Yar : [both are giving mating advice, Yar to the males, Plio to the females]  Okay boys, gather round: listen and learn from the Master.

  Plio : Now girls, don't jump into the trees after the first boy with a cute back-flip: it's more fun if you keep them guessing.

  Yar : And if a cute back-flip doesn't work, guess.

  Plio : You're never going to forget this day, so make it one to remember.

  Yar : But if you mess up, don't worry: they'll never remember.

• Plio : [Aladar is being dragged by the tail by a carnotaur; screaming]  ALADAAARRR!

• Plio : [to Aladar; after the meteor crashes]  Run, Aladar! Run! RUN!

• Yar : Oh, well. Poor Zini. The clan still has one bachelor.

  [Plio looks at Aladar] 

  Plio : No, we have two.

• [Frantically after the asteroid strikes] 

  Plio : Run, Aladar! Run! Run!

• Young Zini : Yar, what is it?

  Yar : I don't know.

  Yar : [goes out looking for the egg]  Plio, get back here! We don't know what it is!

  Young Zini : Plio, be careful.

  Plio : [she goes searching for a fallen Iguanodon egg and the two leamars are still looking around and Plio saw the egg hatching and Plio opens the egg]  Dad, get over here.

  Yar : [when Zini was about to see the egg]  Zini, it's not safe.

  Young Zini : Oh, I always have to go when stuff's happening.

  Yar : Hmph.

  Yar : [looks at Plio]  Well, what is it?

  Plio : It was an egg. Look!

  Yar : [gasps] 

  Plio : [seriously]  What?

  Yar : [frightenly]  It's a cold-blooded monster from across the sea. VICIOUS, FLESH-EATING.

  Yar : [baby Aladar burps]  Blegh!

  Plio : Looks like a baby to me.

  Yar : Babies grow up. You keep that thing, one day we'll turn our backs-- It'll be picking us out of its TEETH.

  Yar : [the little leamars are gasping]  Things like that EAT THAT like US as SNACKS!

  Plio : So, what do we do?

  Yar : Get rid of it!