- Hal: Look at that sky, Malcolm. Just think, somewhere out there, all those stars and planets, there might be at this very moment a space dad who just got kicked out of his space trailer, who's looking down on us. Or would it be up at us? Or maybe sideways.
- Malcolm: Trust me, dad, they're all looking down on us.
- Malcolm: That's the way discussions go down in this family. I tell them my needs, and they say no. Then dad reveals another cartoon character he's afraid of.
- [Malcolm is on the phone with Francis at the home of the family he's babysitting for]
- Malcolm: Francis, I'm sorry for calling you so late.
- Francis Wilkerson: Hey, no problem. What's going on?
- Malcolm: I dunno. Do you ever feel like you don't really belong in the family?
- Francis Wilkerson: Dude, I'm in military school. I think that question's been answered.
- Malcolm: Right.
- [Malcolm turns to the camera]
- Malcolm: This is good. At least, someone else in my family is normal.
- Francis Wilkerson: Hey, listen, while I got you, um... you're in school with all those science brains. How would you reattach a head to a dead body?