Arlo the Alligator Boy (2021 TV Movie)

Brett Gelman: Marcellus

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Quotes 

• Marcellus : There was nowhere to hide. Every day they came, little faces smashed up against the glass... Greasy, horrible faces. STICKY HANDS!

  [Alia and Furlecia freak out] 

  Marcellus : Some, they'd come back! Week after week, month after month, they'd just... stare and eat. Children are monsters. All of them.

  [pause] 

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : I came from the swamp!

  Marcellus : That's right, kid. We all came from the swamp.

• Bertie : Arlo, what happened with your dad?

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : My so-called "dad"... well... turns out he doesn't want me. Now I don't even know who I am. And I probably never will.

  [crawls behind a boardwalk post] 

  Bertie : You are the most genuine person I've ever met.

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : That's just a nice way of saying I'm different.

  Bertie : Because of you, I think that different is the best thing someone can be.

  [Arlo peeks out] 

  Bertie : When I was a little kid, I was just like everyone else. But as I got older, I just never stopped growing. I still remember the moment that I've realized that people no longer looked me in the eyes. And eventually, I guess I... closed the door on ever letting anyone in. And then you, Arlo Beauregard...

  [grabs Arlo by the hand and hugs him] 

  Bertie : You came crashing right through it. You're the first person that's ever treated me like a real friend.

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : That's 'cause you're my best friend.

  Bertie : [sighs]  Best friend in the whole world.

  Marcellus : [bursts out of a freezer door]  GET A ROOM!

  [stammers] 

  Marcellus : Share your feelings...

  [stammers] 

  Marcellus : In private. Sorry.

• Arlo the Alligator Boy : [Sees Marcellus staring at the fire with a blank look on his face]  Are you staying up late, Marcellus?

  Marcellus : [stammers, snaps out of it]  What do you need, kid? Can't you see I was sleeping?

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : With your eyes open?

  Marcellus : I'm a fish. It's what we do.

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : Oh. Well... good night, then.

  [pause] 

  Marcellus : Thank you for saving me from the tank.

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : Any time.

  Marcellus : [freaking out]  NO! Never again...

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : Oh... okay.

  Marcellus : Yeah, okay.

• Teeny Tiny Tony : Here you go, kid, the address of one Ansel Beauregard, hot off the streets!

  [hands Arlo the address, who gasps] 

  Bertie : So... where is it?

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : [still smiling]  I... I don't know.

  Teeny Tiny Tony : It's uptown!

  [points to a subway that reads "Subway Uptown"] 

  Teeny Tiny Tony : Way uptown!

  [shows sign above reading "Way Uptown"] 

  Arlo the Alligator Boy : [enters the subway with the others; singing]  Gonna find my dad / Gonna make him proud / Gonna hug him good / Gonna talk real loud!

  Marcellus : You don't have to sing everything you're thinking, you know?