The Lorax (film)

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Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (also known as The Lorax) is a 2012 American computer-animated 3-D musical comedy film based on Dr. Seuss' children's book of the same name. It was produced by Illumination Entertainment and was released by Universal Pictures on March 2, 2012, what would have been the 108th birthday of Seuss, who died at age 87 in the year 1991.

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The Lorax [edit]

  • Look, everyone here needs the trees and you're chopping them down!
  • [To the Once-ler] A tree falls in the way it leans. Be careful which way you lean.
  • Who taught you guys how to steal a bed?
  • [when the last Truffula tree is chopped down] That's it. The very last one. That may stop you.
  • [when the Once-ler shows the Thneed to him; laughs] You chopped down one of my trees to make that piece of garbage?

Audrey [edit]

  • [referring to her mural] Those are trees. Real ones. They used to grow all around here. And people said that the touch of their tufts was softer than anything, even silk. And they smelled like butterfly milk.
  • What I want more than anything in the whole world is to see a real living tree, growing in my backyard.

The Once-ler [edit]

  • [admiring his first thneed] Now that's a thneed! Nothing unmanly about knitting. No sir!
  • [After surviving the waterfall incident] Now, I've got a big day tomorrow, and I gonna get some sleep. [walks away, then comes back] Right after I find my bed.
  • [to the Lorax] You know what? You can just shut your mustache. My conscience is clear. I have done nothing illegal. I have my rights, and I intend to keep on biggering and biggering, and turning more Truffula trees in to Thneeds. And nothing is going to stop me!
  • [to Ted] Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better... it's not.
  • [To Ted; referring to the last Truffula seed] I know it may seem small and insignificant, but it's not about what it is, it's about what it can become. That's not just a seed... anymore than you're just a boy.
  • [opens the window for the first time as he hears the city singing "Let it Grow" and is on the verge of tears] Thank you, Ted.

Aloysius O'Hare [edit]

  • [reffering to Ted] Why is he leaving town? No one ever leaves town! See what he's up to.
  • You listen to me, boy. Don't go pocking around in things you don't understand, or I'll be your worst nightmare. I'm Frankenstein's head on a spider's body!
  • You've got a beautiful town here, Ted. Lots of fun stuff to occupy your short attention span. I can't think of any reason you'd ever wanna go outside of town again. Ever.
  • You haven't got the guts!

Dialogue [edit]

Ted: So, anyway, let's just say, I need a tree. Where would I go? What do I do?
Grammy Norma: Oh, then you know what? You'd need to find the Once-ler.
Ted: Th-th-the what?
Mrs. Wiggins: Mom, it's not really the time for one of your, you know, magical fables, okay?
Grammy Norma: [laughs] That's right, I forgot. I'm old, and can't even remember to put my teeth in!
Mrs. Wiggins: Stand down. That's not what I meant.
Grammy Norma: No, really, I forgot my teeth. Would you be so daring to go get them for me?
Mrs. Wiggins: [sighs] Sure, mom.
The Once-ler: You wanna know about trees? About what happened to them? Well, they're all gone. (softly) It's because of me.
Ted: Wait, what?
[A Whisper-ma-Phone chutes down to Ted. Ted leans in to hear.]
The Once-ler: [shouts) IT'S BECAUSE OF ME!
The Once-ler: (starting to explain what happened to the trees) It all started a long time ago.
Ted: Can we start not so long ago, maybe?
The Once-ler: Do you want a tree?
Ted: Yes, yes.
The Once-ler: Then It all started a long, LONG, time ago.
Ted: [interrupting the story] Hey, hey, hey. Wait a minute.
The Once-ler: Excuse me?
Ted: [chuckles] Yeah. That's awesome. You know, feeding junk food to forest animals? That's great. But, uh, is there a musical number where you show me how to get a tree? 'Cause I'd love to hear that one.
The Once-ler: Oh, yes. Right after the musical number about the kid who kept interrupting the story and was never heard from ever again.
Ted: Right. Got it. Proceed.
The Lorax: Did you chop down this tree?
The Once-ler: Uhh... No. Who did it? [gasps] What's that? [the Lorax looks back and Once-ler drops his ax on Pipsqueak the Bar-ba-loot] I think he did it.
The Lorax: [growls] Leave! Vacate the premises! Take your ax and get out!
The Once-ler: And who are you? [pokes the Lorax]
The Lorax: Hey, hey! I-I'm the Lorax! Guardian of the forest. I speak for the trees. [The Once-ler stares at him] So you're telling me, that you didn't see me magically appear out of that stump. With all the thunder and stuff. You didn't see any of that?
The Once-ler: No, but that sounds amazing. Can I see some of that?
[singing]
Gaston: Lefou, I'm afraid I've been thinking...
Lefou: A dangerous pastime?
Gaston: I know.

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[singing]
Gaston, Lefou: No one plots like Gaston.
Gaston: Takes cheap shots like Gaston.
Lefou: Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston!
singing]
Gaston, Lefou: No one plots like Gaston.
Gaston: Takes cheap shots like Gaston.
Lefou: Plans to persecute harmless crackpots like Gaston!
The Once-ler: Why are you so interested in trees, anyway? Why aren't you like other kids? Break-dancing and wearing bell-bottoms and playing the Donkey Kongs?
Ted: [laughs] Yeah. Right, right. I don't know. Uh, I just thought it might be kinda cool to have one, you know.
The Once-ler: [knowingly] Huh. It's a girl, isn't it?
Ted: [scoffs] What?! No!
The Once-ler: Really? 'Cause when a guy does something stupid once, well, that's because he's a guy, but if he does the same stupid thing twice, that's usually to impress some girl.
Ted: Hey, she is not some girl! She's a woman. In high school. And she loves trees. And I'm gonna get her one.
The Once-ler: Aww. How nice to see someone so undeterred by things like reality.
Ted: (sincerely) Thank you.
The Once-ler: (Has just been revived by the Lorax) I-I was heading into the light, and you pulled me right back, and here I am! [hugs the Lorax] You saved my life!
The Lorax: Yeah, I did, but, you know, it's not that big a deal.
The Once-ler: It is a big deal! Look, I almost went over that waterfall! [realizes something] Wait...and my bed. How did my bed get in the river?
The Lorax: Uh, about that, uh...actually, um... (mumbles) I-put-your-bed-in-the-water. [The Once-ler drops him in shock]
Monsieur D'Arque: I don't usually leave the asylum in the middle of the night, but he said you'd make it worth my while.
[Gaston presents him with a bag of money]
Monsieur D'Arque: Ah, I'm listening.
Gaston: It's like this: I've got my heart set on marrying Belle, but she needs a little... persuasion.
Lefou: [chuckles] Turned him down flat.
[Gaston hits him]
Gaston: Everyone knows her father's a lunatic. He was in here tonight, raving about a *beast* in a *castle*.
Monsieur D'Arque: Maurice is harmless.
Gaston: The point is, Belle would do *anything* to keep him from being locked up.
Lefou: Yeah, even marry *him*.
[points at Gaston; ducks when Gaston tries to hit him again]
Monsieur D'Arque: So you want me to throw her father into the asylum unless she agrees to marry you?
[Lefou nods eagerly]
Monsieur D'Arque: Oh, that is despicable.
[Chuckling]
Monsieur D'Arque: I love it!
Aunt Grizelda: (referring to the Lorax) So who invited the giant furry peanut?
The Lorax: You callin' me a peanut, huh? I'll go right up your nose!
Aunt Grizelda: Ha!
The Once-ler: Whoa, whoa, whoa! You wouldn't hit a woman.
The Lorax: [gasps] That's a woman?
Audrey: '[to Ted] I could just kiss you right now!
[Ted and Audrey lean in to kiss, only to be stopped by Ted's mother]
Mrs. Wiggins: We don't have time for that!
Ted: I dunno, we have a little time. [Audrey and his mom stare at him] You know what? Let's just go. Let's go. Forget about it.

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External links [edit]

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