Addams Family Values (1993)

Christine Baranski: Becky Martin-Granger

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Quotes 

• [as an Indian, ad-libbing during a Thanksgiving play] 

  Wednesday : Wait!

  Amanda : What?

  Wednesday : We cannot break bread with you.

  Amanda : Huh? Becky, what's going on?

  Becky : [whispered]  Wednesday!

  Wednesday : You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides. You will play golf and enjoy hot hors d'oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, "Do not trust the Pilgrims. Especially Sarah Miller."

  Amanda : Gary, she's changing the words.

  Wednesday : And for all these reasons I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.

• [Pugsley hits a bird during archery practice] 

  Becky : It's an American Bald Eagle!

  Gary : But aren't they extinct?

  Wednesday : They are now.

• Gary : [blows whistle]  Attention! Hey! Listen up, everybody! I'm Gary Granger!

  Becky : And I'm Becky Martin-Granger!

  Gary : We're the owners and directors here at Camp Chippewa. America's foremost facility for privileged young adults.

  Becky : And we're all here to learn, to grow, and to just plain have fun!

  Gary : 'Cause that's what being privileged is all about!

• Gary : Yes, indeedy, just the ticket: "Bambi."

  Becky : "Lassie Come Home."

  Gary : "The Little Mermaid."

  Wednesday : Stop it!

  Joel : [motioning to Pugsley]  He's only a child.

• Gary : [opens cabin door]  Mail call.

  [handing out mail] 

  Gary : Addams!

  Becky : [handing out mail]  Barclay, Cesselman, Calloway, Dexter, Donman, Edwards, Evans, Barclay, Finley, Fisher, Gingham, Ginley, Harper.

  Wednesday : Oh, no.

  Pugsley : What is it?

  Wednesday : This is unspeakable.

  Becky : Is something wrong, Wednesday? Bad news?

  Wednesday : This is the worst thing that has ever happened in the history of human events. Uncle Fester's getting married.

  Gary : A wedding? But that's great news!

  Amanda : To whom?

  Wednesday : The nanny.

  Amanda : Get out of the cabin. I mean, I'd kill myself. The help?

  Becky : I'm sure she's a very nice lady.

  Amanda : I think that's disgusting. I think their whole family's like some weird medical experiment. I think they're like, circus people.

  Pugsley : [menacingly]  What did you say?

  Becky : Campers! Group hug!

  Gary : Wednesday... Pugsley. Will a hug hurt us?

  Wednesday : We don't hug.

  Becky : Oh, they're just shy.

  Pugsley : We're not shy.

  Wednesday : We're contagious.

  Gary : I'm sensing some friction here. Somethin' not quite Chippewa.

  Camp Children : Mm-hmm.

  Gary : But, hey, no problemo. All they need are good friends, good fun, and a little time in the Harmony Hut.

• Wednesday : Hurry up!

  Pugsley : I'm coming.

  Joel : Wait!

  Wednesday : Who's there?

  Joel : Be careful. Tetanus.

  [siren sounds] 

  Amanda : [walking toward Wednesday, Pugsley and Joel with Gary, Becky and Camp Children]  There they are! I saw them sneak out.

  Gary : Children, what do you think you're doing?

  Wednesday : We have to see our family. It's very important.

  Becky : More important than a summer of fun? More important than making new friends? More important than sharing?

  Gary : And Joel Glicker. I'm surprised at you.

  Joel : I-I have to get out of here. I have allergies.

  Becky : [mockingly]  Oh, you're allergic? To sunshine and archery and crafts?

  Joel : Yes.

  Amanda : I think they should be punished.

  [starts chanting] 

  Amanda : Punish!

  Camp Children : [chanting along with Amanda]  Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish! Punish!

  Becky : No! No! We are *not* here to punish. We are here to inspire.

  Gary : Campers? Do you know what I think our little ninja friends here need? Do you know what just might turn their sad and potentially wasted little lives right all around?

  Joel : What?

  Camp Children : [singing in unison with Gary, Becky, and Amanda]  Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Kumbaya, my Lord, kumbaya. Oh Lord, kumbaya.

• [Wednesday reads the letter in her hand] 

  Wednesday : "Dear Wednesday and Pugsley. I love you dearly, but I can never see you again."

  Gary : [impatiently]  Glicker, go!

  [Joel gives up and flings the arrow at the ground] 

  Becky : Good try!

  [Joel goes to the end of the line, as Pugsley takes the bow, and Wednesday finishes reading] 

  Wednesday : "When you are grown up and very lonely, you will understand. Love, Uncle Fester." He's a dead man.