Ticks (1993)
Ray Oriel: Rome Hernandez
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Quotes
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[Tyler meets Dee and Rome at the pick-up spot]
Rome Hernandez : [Rome slams on the breaks of his car] See that shit! Stops on a dime! Dee, how much did this thing cost?
Dee Dee Davenport : Uh, Daddy said the IRS paid for it.
Rome Hernandez : Since it was so cheap I asked her old man to buy me one, too. 'Only if you drive it to Mexico,' he says. 'And stay there!'
Rome Hernandez : [Rome looks to Tyler] Do I look Mexican to you?
Tyler : [Tyler looks around not knowing what to say] Yeah.
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[the kids arrive at the Campgrounds Lodge]
Rome Hernandez : This is it. This place looks worse than the projects.
Dee Dee Davenport : Definitely not cable-ready.
Melissa Danson : Wait till you check out the toilette, princess.
Rome Hernandez : Do we got to actually sleep in this dump?
Panic : Give me a dark alley over this place, anytime. This place ain't right, man. It's too quiet. It's too goddamn quiet.
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[Rome walks up to the lodge carrying all of Dee's bags]
Rome Hernandez : What am I, the valet? What the hell you got in here, Dee Dee?
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[Rome and Panic get into the beds of their shared bunk bed]
Rome Hernandez : Hey! Man, this place reminds me of Boy's Republic back in juvenile hall.
Panic : [Panic screams like a kid] What!
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[Tyler and Melissa come back from they're stroll in the woods]
Tyler : Melissa got attacked by some big bug or something. Can we go home?
Charles Danson : Well, we are out in the wilderness.
Tyler : No, I know, but this wasn't your average wilderness bug, okay?
Melissa Danson : No, wait, this thing was, like, glued to my back or something. It was gross, it was all slimy, it was like a, like a...
Rome Hernandez : Like a big snot!
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[Mrs. Lambert tries to ask Rome and Dee to go out fishing]
Rome Hernandez : What are you trying to get rid of us?
Holly Lambert : No. I just think it's time you guys had fun together.
Rome Hernandez : Hey. I'm having too much fun already.
Holly Lambert : [Rome chuckles at Mrs. Lambert] Dee, what about you?
Dee Dee Davenport : [Dee lays on her back tanning] Oh, I got to stay in the shade. You know, that ozone thing.
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[Tyler volunteers to jump out the second floor window pass the fire, pass the ticks]
Rome Hernandez : What, are you nuts?
Tyler : No, man, look. My panic disorder is acting up. I gotta get out of this room, okay?
Charles Danson : Are you gonna be okay, Tyler?
Tyler : Yeah, we'll all be okay. We just need to get out of here.
Rome Hernandez : Are you sure you know what you're doing?
Tyler : Sure, man. I mean if I can manage to swing out far enough, and defy the laws of gravity, and meet the van on the backswing?
Tyler : [Tyler chuckles to himself] I'll need a torch.
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[last lines]
Rome Hernandez : [the group watches the cabin explode as they escape in the van] Yeah, sucker!
[Rome puts his arm around Dee Dee, Mrs. Lambert puts her arm around Kelly]
Melissa Danson : [Melissa puts her arm around Charles] Oh, dad.
[Tyler sits in the front seat, driving them all back to the city, as it's revealed that the van has a tick egg attached underneath it]