Babe (1995)
Christine Cavanaugh: Babe
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Cat : Oh, do forgive me for scratching you, dear. I got a bit carried away. It's a cat thing.
Babe : [laughs] Oh, well, but...
Cat : Feeling good about tomorrow, are you?
Babe : Mm-hmm, it should be all right, I think.
Cat : You know, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm not sure if you realise how much the other animals are laughing at you for this sheepdog business.
Babe : Why would they do that?
Cat : Well, they say that you've forgotten that you're a pig. Isn't that silly? And they even said that you don't know what pigs are for.
Babe : What do you mean, 'what pigs are for'?
Cat : You know, why pigs are here.
Babe : Why are any of us here?
Cat : Well, the cow's here to be milked, the dogs are here to help the Boss's husband with the sheep, and I'm here to be beautiful and affectionate to the Boss.
Babe : Yes?
Cat : [sighs softly] The fact is that pigs don't have a purpose. Just like, ducks don't have a purpose.
Babe : [confused] Uh, I - I don't, uh...
Cat : All right, for your own sake, I'll be blunt. Why do the Bosses keep ducks? To eat them. So why do the Bosses keep a pig? The fact is that animals that don't seem to have a purpose really do have a purpose. The Bosses have to eat. It's probably the most noble purpose of all, when you come to think about it.
Babe : They... eat pigs?
Cat : Pork, they call it. Or bacon. They only call them pigs when they're alive.
Babe : But, uh, I'm a sheep pig.
Cat : [giggles] The Boss's husband's just playing a little game with you. Believe me, sooner or later, every pig gets eaten. That's the way the world works. Oh... I haven't upset you, have I?
[chuckles softly]
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Babe : Was Rex a champion?
Fly : He had the makings of the greatest champion there ever was. But it wasn't to be.
Babe : What happened?
Fly : A while back, when Rex was in his prime, the winter rains brought a great flood to the valley. Rex and the Boss got most of the flock onto the high ground. Then Rex went back to look for the strays. He found them. They'd been stranded by the rising water. He tried to herd them across to safety, but they wouldn't budge. Too scared and too stupid to save their own skins. It was freezing cold and the water kept rising. Rex stayed with them right through the night. By morning, the sheep were drowned. And when they found Rex, he was barely alive.
Babe : Oh, Mum.
Fly : Two weeks' rest in front of the fire saw him back on his feet, but his *hearing* was never the same again. He'd never want anyone to know, but... he's almost totally deaf.
Babe : Is that why he's so - you know - angry?
Fly : That's not the half of it. All this was barely a month before the Grand National Challenge. He tried his best, but he couldn't hear the Boss's calls, and it slowed him up. The cold truth is that, but for the stupidity of sheep, Rex would've been the champion of champions.
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Ferdinand : Look, there's something you should know.
Babe : Yes?
Ferdinand : Humans eat ducks!
Babe : [Gasps] I beg your pardon?
Ferdinand : Ah, most ducks prefer to forget it, but the fact is that humans like to eat plump, attractive ducks.
Babe : Ohhh, I don't think so. Not the Boss, not the Boss's wife.
Ferdinand : Oh, come on. Humans don't eat cats - why?
Babe : Well, they're...
Ferdinand : They're indispensable: they catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters - why? They make eggs with the hens and wake everyone up in the morning.
Babe : Right.
Ferdinand : I tried it with the hens: it didn't work. So I turned to crowing, and lo! I discover my gift. But no sooner do I become indispensable than they bring in a machine to do the job. Ohhhh-oh-oh. the treachery of it - a mechanical rooster!
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Babe : Move along there, ya... ya... big buttheads!
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[Babe's first attempt to herd sheep just got him laughed at]
Babe : This is ridiculous, Mum!
Fly : Nonsense. It's only your first try. But you're treating them like equals. They're sheep; they're inferior.
Babe : Oh, no, they're not.
Fly : Of course they are. We are their masters, Babe. Let them doubt it for a second and they'll walk all over you!
Rex : Fly! Get the pig out of there!
Fly : Make them feel inferior - abuse them, insult them.
Rex : Fly!
Babe : They'll laugh at me.
Fly : Then bite them! Be ruthless. Whatever it takes, bend them to your will.
Rex : Enough!
Fly : Go on, go!
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Babe : [relieved that he's alive] Ferdinand!
Cow : If you're out here, who's that in there?
Ferdinand : Her name's Rosanna.
[They watch the Hoggett family carve the roast duck]
Ferdinand : Why Rosanna? She - she had such a beautiful nature.
Babe : Oh, Ferdinand...
Ferdinand : I can't take it anymore.
Cow : [disapprovingly] Really.
Ferdinand : The fear's too much for a duck. It - it eats away at the soul! There must be kinder dispositions in far-off gentler lands.
Cow : The only way you'll find happiness is to accept that the way things are is the way things are.
Ferdinand : 'The way things are' stinks! I'm not gonna be a goner, I'm gone! I wish all of you the best of luck.
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Narrator : [Ferdinand has persuaded Babe to help him steal the Hoggets' new alarm clock] Now the duck knew exactly what he had to do. The alarm clock had to go. His very life depended on it.
[Ferdinand and Babe peer into the Hoggets' bedroom window, seeing the clock on the bedside table]
Ferdinand : Do you see it?
Babe : Yes.
Ferdinand : Good.
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[Ferdinand and Babe are planning to steal the Alarm clock behind the dog house outside the Hoggett farm house]
Babe : So I go through the kitchen, across the living room.
Ferdinand : Good, good, good!
Babe : I go into the bedroom...
Ferdinand : Yup!
Babe : ...Get the mechanical rooster...
Ferdinand : Yep!
Babe : ...And bring it out to you.
Ferdinand : What about the cat?
Babe : Oh, I'll *quietly* bring it out to you.
Ferdinand : Excellent.
Babe : I don't think I can do it.
Ferdinand : Nah!
Babe : It's against the rules. Only dogs and cats are allowed in the house.
Ferdinand : I love that rule. It's a good rule. But *this* is bigger than rules! This is life and death!
Babe : What?
Ferdinand : Mmm-Hmmm... Follow me.
[Ferdinand waddles into the dog house; Babe lingers at the entrance]
Ferdinand : Hello?
Babe : [Babe enters the dog house]
Ferdinand : Look, there is something you should know: Humans eat ducks!
Babe : [gasps] I beg your pardon?
Ferdinand : Oh, most ducks prefer to forget about it. But the truth is, humans like to eat plump attractive ducks.
Babe : Oh, I don't think so. Not the boss. Not the boss's wife.
Ferdinand : Come on! Humans don't eat cats. Why?
Babe : Well, they're...
Ferdinand : They're indispensable! They catch mice. Humans don't eat roosters. Why?
Babe : Well, uh... I-I...
Ferdinand : They are indispensable. They make eggs with the hens and wake everybody in the morning. I tried it with the hens. It didn't work. So I turned to crowing... and Lo! I discovered my gift! But no sooner do I become indispensable, then they bring in a *machine* to do the job!
[moaning in despair]
Ferdinand : Oh-ho! The treachery of it... A *mechanical rooster*!
Babe : Oh, dear me.
Ferdinand : Oh, dear you?
[Ferdiand sighs]
Ferdinand : [forlorn] I suppose the life of an anorexic duck doesn't amount in the broad scheme of things... but pig... I'm all I've got!
Babe : So... why do you want me to do it?
Ferdinand : [groans] I'm allergic to cats.
Babe : Oh.
Ferdinand : [sadly] They make me sneeze.
Babe : Don't worry. I won't wake the cat.
[Babe heads for the dog door in the Hogget's front door]
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[Babe has driven away the pack of wild dogs that have attacked the sheep and gravelly injured Maa. The sheep have formed a circle around Maa's body. Maa moans in agony as Babe runs to her side]
Babe : Maa! Maa! Are you alright?
Maa : [weakly] Hello, little young'un.
Babe : Oh, Maa... Can you get up?
Maa : [voice growing weaker as she is dying] I... don't... reckon.
Babe : [as the sheep sadly bleat Maa's name] It's over, Maa. The wolves have gone far away. I'll get the boss, he'll come to look after you.
[voice breaking]
Babe : You'll be alright... You'll be alright...
[Maa lays her head down and breathes her last]
Babe : [Reality sets in as Babe realizes that Maa is gone] Oh, Maa... Maa...!
[Wails as tears streaming down his face. The sheep crying and bleating along]
Babe : MAAA-AAAA! MAA-AAA-AA! MAAA-AAA-AA!
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Babe : When I first came to the boss' farm it was a whole new world for me. Everyone there seemed to know their place. The boss, his wife, the sheepdogs, the sheep, and all the friends well almost except for Ferdinand the duck. Now I just have to figure out where I fit in.
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[Babe, having entered the butcher shed by mistake, sees Ferdinand, covered in yellow paint and flecks of dirt]
Babe : Ferdinand! Everyone's been looking for you!
Ferdinand : Shh!
Babe : [talks softly] What is this place?
Ferdinand : [whispers] What's happening out there?
Babe : Well, Rex isn't very happy. Boy, all these new rules! See, I'm not allowed to--oops!
Ferdinand : Not allowed to what?
Babe : [remembering Rex to not talk to Ferdinand, mumbles with his mouth closed] Allowed to speak to you.
Ferdinand : Huh?
Babe : [muffled still] Allowed to speak with you.
Ferdinand : What?
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : [faintly] Pig, pig, piggy!
Ferdinand : [panics hearing her] You didn't see me, all right?
Babe : And--and I didn't see you, all right? Oops.
[Babe runs out of the shed]
