Over the Hedge (2006)
Steve Carell: Hammy
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Quotes
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Ozzie : But this house is like a fortress. Walls, so high. Doors, impenetrable. How will we get in?
RJ : The collar is the key.
[Shows video on cell phone of Tiger entering door]
RJ : Literally, the collar is like a key that opens the door, and if...
Stella : And what? You think he's just gonna hand over his collar to you?
RJ : Not to me, my femme fatale. To you.
Verne : Her?
Stella : Me?
RJ : You, Stella, will get that cat to give you his collar by using...
Stella : My stink.
RJ : ...your feminine charms.
Hammy the Squirrel : Ha ha ha! - Was that out loud?
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Hammy the Squirrel : [looking at the bigh bush] Lets call it Steve!
Verne : Steve?
Hammy the Squirrel : Steve's a pretty name!
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Hammy the Squirrel : What is that?
RJ : That, my friend, is a magical combination of corn flour, dehydrated cheese solids, BHA, BHT, and good old MSG; a.k.a., the chip, nacho cheese flavor.
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Hammy the Squirrel : I am a crazy, rabid squirrel! I want my cookies!
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Hammy the Squirrel : Scary clown!
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RJ : Please don't think I'm prying, but I couldn't help overhearing, and I think I can shed a little light on what this whole hedge situation is about. You see, what was once mere wilderness is now 54 acres of man-made, manicured, air-conditioned paradise.
[Points at map]
RJ : Except for that little-bitty speck. You are here.
[All gasp]
RJ : No, no, that's a good thing. You're hibernators, right? You gather up a bunch of food, store it away for the winter?
Hammy the Squirrel : Aha! We fill the log!
Verne : Hammy.
RJ : Really? This log? This cave-like log?
Ozzie : All the way to the top.
Verne : Ozzie.
RJ : Let me ask ya, how long's it take, you know, to fill the log?
Heather : Two-hundred and seventy-four days.
RJ : Ooh! Ever done it in a week?
Verne : That's impossible.
RJ : Not if we work together. You see, you've got the food-gathering skills, I've got the know-how, and they have the food.
Heather : How much food?
RJ : Loads of food! Heaps of food! Food out the wazoo!
Verne : Well, you know, whatever kind of food comes out of a wazoo, I really don't think we're interested in eating.
Lou : I don't know. The guy's making a lot of sense to me. I think we should listen.
Penny : Yeah. I'm okay with wazoo food there.
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Ozzie : O great and powerful Steve! What do you want?
Verne : I-I don't think it can speak.
Debbie : [From other side of hedge] I heard that, young man!
[Others are shocked; Ozzie plays dead]
Debbie : You get over here right now!
Hammy the Squirrel : Okay.
Verne : Hammy, get back here.
Hammy the Squirrel : But Steve is angry.
Verne : I think it came from the other side of Steve - I mean, the bush. I mean... Geez!
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RJ : [Lays down some Monopoly play pieces to signify what they will do] Okay, this is us.
Hammy the Squirrel : Can I be the car?
Bucky : I wanna be the car!
Spike : I'm the car. You be the shoe.
Bucky : The shoe is lame.
Lou : Why don't you be that snazzy-looking iron there?
RJ : Hey! It's not important. Besides, I'm the car. I'm *always* the car.
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Verne : [to RJ] You see what you've done here? If they listen to half the stuff you're telling them, they'll be dead within a week! You are only interested in taking advantage of them because they are too stupid and naive to know any better!
Hammy the Squirrel : [growing solemn] I'm not stupid.
Verne : [noting the family's reaction] Okay, I didn't mean, uh... I meant... ignorant! To the... ways over... over, over there.
[they begin walking away]
Verne : C'mon you guys, you know I didn't mean it like that. Don't... don't do this. Stella... Ozzie?
[stops Hammy]
Verne : Hammy? You know I didn't... Hammy?
Hammy the Squirrel : [pushes him away] I'm not stupid...
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RJ : Now listen, champ. Okay, what we're goin' for here is a vicious, man-eating, rabid squirrel. Can you handle that?
Hammy the Squirrel : Umm, excuse me!
[Raises hand]
RJ : Yes, Hammy?
Hammy the Squirrel : Rabbits aren't vicious. They're all cute and cuddly, so...
RJ : *Rabid*, not rabbit.
Hammy the Squirrel : Oh! Huh?
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RJ : No, Hammy, not the cookie. I told you that cookie was junk!
Hammy the Squirrel : But I like the cookie.
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Hammy the Squirrel : Wanna help me find my nuts?
RJ : Very tempting, Hammy, very tempting...
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Hammy the Squirrel : [Runs to one end of the hedge] It never ends!
[Runs to the other end and back]
Hammy the Squirrel : It never ends that way, too.
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RJ : Do you like the cookie?
Hammy the Squirrel : I like the cookie!
RJ : [Throws cookie away] Well this cookie's yuck!
Hammy the Squirrel : But I thought I liked the cookie...
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Hammy the Squirrel : I've got the cookie!
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[last lines]
Hammy the Squirrel : I filled the log! I found my nuts!
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Hammy the Squirrel : [of the hedge] Let's call it Steve!
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[after the credits, RJ tries to take all the food in the vending machine, but they get stuck]
Hammy the Squirrel : Well, this is anti-climactic
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RJ : You want this cookie?
Hammy the Squirrel : Oh, yeah, yeah!
RJ : This cookie's JUNK!
Hammy the Squirrel : But I like the cookie...
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RJ : And there they are. America's most coveted cookies. Love Handles, Skinny Mints, Neener-Neeners, and Smackeroons. And guess what? They're all yours!
[Hammy jumps, but RJ stops him]
RJ : Whoa, Hamilton. Hold on there, fella. I love your energy, but you just can't take them.
Hammy the Squirrel : But you just said they're mine.
RJ : They will be, if we successfully marry your manic energy to my brilliant plan. You with me, kid?
Hammy the Squirrel : I... I... I...
RJ : The ayes have it. Let's ride.
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Hammy the Squirrel : I've had dirt, I don't like dirt, it tastes like dirt!
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Hammy the Squirrel : [points angrily to his reflection in a car fender] *This* guy's not comin' with us, is he? 'Cause I don't want him to!
RJ : [exasperated] Oh, I have so much work to do.
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Hammy the Squirrel : I like the cookie.
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Hammy the Squirrel : [energetic] Where's the food? It's there any food left? I'm really hungry, so it's there any food left there, huh?
Heather : We ate all the food, Hammy, during the winter? So we're just about get some more now.
Hammy the Squirrel : Oh, right! I buried my nuts in the woods. I know where they are. I'll be right back. Bye!
[Hammy zips off. A drop of snow from the branch falls on Ozzie's head. He gasps and plays dead. The triplets laughs at Ozzie]
Heather : [chuckles nervously] Dad, it's just snow.
Ozzie : But, it could've been a predator.
Heather : Isn't playing dead a little... weak?
Ozzie : Heather, how many times must I say it? Playing possum is what we do. We die, so that we live!
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Hammy the Squirrel : [Slipping on kitchen floor] No grip! No grip! No grip!...
RJ : Hammy, less claw, more pad.
Hammy the Squirrel : Oh, okay.
[Hammy zips across the room, crashes into wall]
Hammy the Squirrel : That hurt.
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RJ : [after making him look like a rabid squirrel] Now show me that vicious look in your eye, boy. Come on!
Hammy the Squirrel : Oh, oh, I can burp my ABC's
[burping]
Hammy the Squirrel : A, B, C...
RJ : HAMMY! I just really need you to focus right now, okay?
Hammy the Squirrel : Okay.
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Hammy the Squirrel : Oh! Morning!
Verne : Morning, Hammy.
Hammy the Squirrel : I gotta go wee-wee!
Verne : Oh... Not on the lake we drink from!