Troll Hunter (2010)

Otto Jespersen: Hans, trolljegeren

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• Thomas : In fairy tales, trolls wear clothes and talk like people - they're just like people.

  Hans, trolljegeren : Fairy tales are for kids. Trolls are animals. Predators. They eat, shit and mate. Eat anything they can.

  Thomas : How old can trolls get?

  Hans, trolljegeren : 1000, 1200 years.

  Thomas : And their intelligence level?

  Hans, trolljegeren : In the pits. They are not bright. They manage to eat. But how hard is it to survive on rocks? I once saw a troll try to eat its own tail. His head between his legs, he tried to suck down his own tail. He started gagging on it, tipped over, and rolled down a hill like a wheel.

• Johanna : Question. Why doesn't anybody know about this?

  Hans, trolljegeren : Because someone doesn't want people to know.

  Thomas : The government? Is the government behind this? Do you work for them?

  Johanna : Why show it to us now?

  Hans, trolljegeren : Because I'm tired of this shitty job. I have no rights whatsoever. I get no night bonus. No overtime. No nuisance compensation. Maybe it's time for a change in troll management. So if you could get this on TV...

  Thomas : That shouldn't be a problem.

• Thomas : In one sense, you are a true Norwegian hero.

  Hans, trolljegeren : No, you're wrong about that. There's nothing heroic about what I do. It's dirty work.

• Hans, trolljegeren : Troll!

• Hans, trolljegeren : A giant, 200 feet tall, has chased the Dovre trolls down here. We don't want Jotnars running around.

  Malica : Give me a break. Do you all actually believe in trolls?

  Hans, trolljegeren : You think a squirrel rampaged through here? If only the trolls were happy. But TSS wants to keep a lid on everything.

• Thomas : We are in troll territory now. You don't seem to like entering these territories. Is there some particular reason?

  Hans, trolljegeren : There was a mountain troll territory up in Strynefjell. Back in the 70's they decided to build tunnels through that troll-rich area. Both the TSS and I tried to object, but to no avail. I was given the task of going in and exterminating all the trolls. Every last one. Pregnant females. Kids. Newborns that hadn't even learned to walk. It was a massacre.

• Hans, trolljegeren : No one here believes in God or Jesus?

  Thomas : Nope. None of us.

  Kalle : Don't look at me. Serious? Because they can smell the blood of a Christian man?

• Hans, trolljegeren : Those may look like normal power lines, but they're electric fences to keep the trolls at bay.

• Hans, trolljegeren : Trolls love to gnaw on old car tires.

• Hans, trolljegeren : I hope you have all the footage you need.

• Hans, trolljegeren : Let's go visit the clowns in charge of the power grid.

• Kalle : So what do you do if a troll wants to have an eating contest with you?

  Hans, trolljegeren : Eating contest?

  Kalle : Yeah.

  Hans, trolljegeren : Fairy tales usually don't match reality.

• Thomas : [noticing a container in Hans' trailer]  Is that what we rubbed on ourselves?

  Hans, trolljegeren : Yes.

  Thomas : What is it?

  Hans, trolljegeren : Concentrated troll stench. A mixture of all the crap you can squeeze out of a troll.

• Hans, trolljegeren : Why the hell did you say that none of you were Christian? The way that troll sniffed around, obviously one of you believes in God.

  Thomas : I don't believe in God. I sang in a church teen choir, but that's because my parents forced me to.

• Hans, trolljegeren : Anyone need some gravel?