- Mrs. Lovey Howell: If he eats with the fork in his left hand, it indicates a European background. If in his right, he's American.
- [Tongo drops fork and knife and stuffs pie in his face]
- Thurston Howell III: Heavens! A YALE MAN !
- Gilligan: [as he enters the hut at the beginning and end of the episode mimicking Mama Bear, Papa Bear, and Baby Bear from the story "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"] Hey, somebody's been eating my food. Somebody's been sitting in my chair. Somebody has been sleeping in my bed, and that somebody is still there!
- [Sees Tongo, then the orangutan and screams]
- Professor Roy Hinkley: There, Tongo, he's dropping a note. The note says "I'm very sorry, but I can't take you back with me because if word got out how I acted with the gorilla it ruins my career as the Apeman."