The Pirates of Penzance (1983)
Kevin Kline: The Pirate King
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Quotes
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[as Major-General Stanley has just entered the scene, all except the Pirate King sing to the tune of "Pirate King"]
Samuel : For he is a Major General!
Daughters : He is, hurrah for the Major General!
Major General Stanley : And it is, it is a GLORIOUS thing to be a Major General.
All : IT IS! Hurrah for the Major General, hurrah for the Major General!
The Pirate King : That's the same as the "Pirate King" tune!
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Pirate King : Don't swim, Fredric, take the dingy!
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Pirate King : Do you mean that in order to save his contemptible life, he dared to impress upon our credulous simplicity?
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[during an incredibly fast-paced song]
Pirate King : This-particularly-rapid-unintelligible-patter-isn't-generally-heard-and-if-it-is-it-doesn't-matter!
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Fredric : You make it a point of never attacking a weaker party than yourselves, and when you attack a stronger one you invariably get thrashed!
[Pirates approach him with great indignation]
Pirate King : [Holding up finger] There's some truth in that.
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Frederic : OH, HORROR!
The Pirate King : What's the matter?
Frederic : Ought I tell you? No, no I cannot! And yet as one of your band...
The Pirate King : SPEAK OUT! I-CHARGE-YOU-BY-THAT-SENSE-OF-CONSCIENTIOUSNESS-TO-WHICH-WE-HAVE-NEVER-YET-APPEALED-IN-VAIN!
[All are astonished at this feat, including the Pirate King himself]
Pirate King : Yeah.
