All Grown Up! (TV Series)

Memoirs of a Finster (2004)

Dionne Quan: Kimi Finster

Quotes 

• [Kimi sits on her bed, rapidly opening and closing her hand fan; Chuckie comes in] 

  Chuckie Finster : Kimi, I'm sorry I screwed up your kabuki thing. You mad?

  Kimi Finster : No, especially since I was just as lame as you were. Lamer, even.

  Chuckie Finster : It's not a total lose. We could always cash in on our humiliation by submitting the tape to America's Dumbest Home Videos.

  [Kimi giggles] 

  Chuckie Finster : Goodnight. I mean, oyasumi.

  [they bow to each other; Chuckie goes to leave, but stops upon noticing Kimi's family tree] 

  Kimi Finster : I finished it. What do you think?

  Chuckie Finster : [studies the family tree]  I think...

  [crosses his arms] 

  Chuckie Finster : I think... you're *missing* some *people*!

  Kimi Finster : Wha--? Who?

  Chuckie Finster : Me and my dad! How come we're not on here? Don't we count?

  Kimi Finster : Of course you count!

  Chuckie Finster : I spent days practicing kabuki, learnt Japanese, even wore *bird poop* on my face, and I don't get a branch on your family tree? Not even a measly twig? And let me tell ya something, sister! Bird poop is a *lot* thicker... than... *water*!

  Kimi Finster : You don't understand, Chuckie! I love you and you'll *always* be my brother, but the truth is... I'm not... a real Finster.

  [Chuckie gasps; fade to black] 

• [last lines; Chuckie is fast asleep; Kimi stands in the doorway and rapidly turns the bedroom light on and off; Chuckie opens his eyes] 

  Kimi Finster : Time to get up.

  Chuckie Finster : [puts on his glasses and groans]  It's 5:00AM, and it's Saturday.

  [pulls the covers over his head] 

  Kimi Finster : [approaches Chuckie's bed]  Nicole's party is tonight, and from what Susie said, you're gonna need all the skating practice you can get.

  Chuckie Finster : [tosses and turns under the covers]  Oh, why don't you start being a Finster again later?

  Kimi Finster : [groans]  Brothers.

  [pulls the covers off; she and Chuckie pillow fight and laugh; outside view of the Finster house] 

  Charles "Chas" Finster : Keep it down in there!

  Kimi Finster , Chuckie Finster : Sorry, Dad!

  [they laugh; fade to black; end credits] 

• Kimi Finster : [talking on the phone whilst laying on her belly on her bed]  My great-uncle? No way! Yeah, I wrote it all down. OK, bye, Dad. I love you too.

  [hangs up; Chuckie enters with an ink pad and a roll of paper] 

  Chuckie Finster : Why are you calling Dad on the phone when he's right downstairs?

  Kimi Finster : [scoffs]  Not that dad, my *other* dad. You know, the one who *looks* like me.

  [sits up] 

  Chuckie Finster : Oh, right. Sometimes I forget. Lose a sock. I need your footprint for my family tree: Finster Feet Throughout the Ages.

  [opens the ink pad] 

  Chuckie Finster : You get pink.

  [Kimi takes off her right sock] 

  Chuckie Finster : So, when are you teaching me how to skate? Nicole's party is, let's see... *soon*!

  Kimi Finster : [walks over and presses her barefoot on the ink pad]  Oh, Chuckie! I'm just so knee-deep in research, and it's really important to me.

  Chuckie Finster : [unrolls his picture of a tree with coloured footprints on it]  Well, learning to skate is really important to me!

  Kimi Finster : [adds her footprint to the picture]  Chuckie, this is my *life* we're talking about!

  [sits back down on her bed; Chuckie groans, collects his picture and leaves] 

• Kira Finster : [holding a bonsai tree]  Your great-grandmother was famous for cultivating the smallest bonsai trees in all of UNKNOWN PLACE.

  Kimi Finster : No *wonder* I like tiny corn! What about my great-grandparents on the other side?

  Kira Finster : You mean, your father's-- Um, *Hiro's* side of the family?

  Kimi Finster : Yeah! I want to know everything!

  Kira Finster : [touches Kimi's shoulder]  In that case, you better call Hiro when he gets back to Japan next week. I want to show you something, Kimi-chan.

  [they go to the garage; Kira opens a trunk; Kimi takes out a hand fan and fans her hair; Kira takes out two kimonos, one green and one blue] 

  Kira Finster : Try it on.

  [Kimi wears the blue kimono, Kira the green one; they stand in front of a mirror] 

  Kira Finster : It's almost like going back in time.

  [they bow; Kira's kimono rips and exposes her underwear] 

  Kira Finster : Apparently, *very* far back.

  [they laugh] 

• [Tommy, Dil, Trevor, Phil, Lil, Betty and Susie are attending a Japanese tea ceremony at the Finster house; Chas, Kira, Chuckie and Kimi wear kimonos] 

  Kimi Finster : And the ceremony is my way of introducing you to my Japanese culture.

  [clasps her hands and bows] 

  Kimi Finster : Hai dozo.

  [everybody repeats the gesture] 

  Betty DeVille : [her back cracks as she bows]  Hai *dozo*!

  [groans] 

  Betty DeVille : My back! OK, carry on. I'm fine.