The Swan Princess (1994)
Howard McGillin: Adult Prince Derek
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Quotes
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Rogers : What else is there? She says, "Is beauty all that matters?" And you say, "What else is there?"
Prince Derek : It was dumb. I know.
Rogers : You should write a book. "How to Offend Women in Five Syllables or Less".
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Odette : Wait.
Prince Derek : What? You're all I ever wanted. You're beautiful.
Odette : Thank you. But what else?
Prince Derek : What else?
Odette : Is beauty all that matters to you?
[King William clears his throat and shakes his head disapprovingly. Odette gives King William a dirty look]
Queen Uberta : Derek? What else?
Prince Derek : I...
[to Odette]
Prince Derek : What else is there?
[Rogers imitates a buzzer and gives a thumbs down and Queen Uberta begins to cry. King William gives Derek a shocked look and she looks at King William with a horrified look on her face and Odette looks away sadly]
King William : We tried, Uberta. No one can say we didn't try.
[Uberta continues cries. He turns to Odette]
King William : Say goodbye, Odette.
Odette : Goodbye.
King William : Goodbye?
Odette : Prince Derek.
Prince Derek : Mother.
Queen Uberta : Derek.
Prince Derek : Goodbye, Princess.
[King William and Odette leave]
Queen Uberta : All these years of planning wasted!
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Princess Odette : Derek.
Prince Derek : This one's for Odette.
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Prince Derek : [about the ball] But please, mother, don't turn it into one of your beauty pageants.
Queen Uberta : Oh. No, no, no, no, no. It's just a few friends...
[She waits until Derek is out of earshot]
Queen Uberta : and their daughters.
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Prince Derek : [after Odette has died] I made the vow for her. Do you hear? The vow I made was for her!
Rothbart : No need to shout.
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Odette : [Odette is dying] Derek, I feel so weak. I think I'm...
Prince Derek : No. You'll live, Odette. The vow I made was for you.
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Prince Derek : Don't let her die.
Rothbart : Is that a threat?
Prince Derek : Don't you dare let her die.
Rothbart : Ooh, it is a threat.
Prince Derek : You're the only one with the power. Now, do it.
[Rothbart throws him aside]
Rothbart : Only if you defeat me.
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Odette : You must make a vow of everlasting love.
Prince Derek : I make it. It's all I've ever wanted.
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Rogers : Think. You must see something other than Odette's beauty.
Prince Derek : Of course I do, Rogers. She's like, you know... How about... And then... I mean, right?
[pause]
Prince Derek : I don't know how to say it. I'll prove it to her. I'll prove my love. Checkmate.
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Queen Uberta : Just make sure you're here tomorrow night.
Prince Derek : Tomorrow night?
Queen Uberta : The ball.
Prince Derek : Mother, I can't.
Queen Uberta : [blubbering, sputtering]
Prince Derek : Please, mother. Don't do the lip thing.
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Rothbart : Hello, little prince.
Prince Derek : Who are you?
Rothbart : Went and pledged your love to another, eh?
Prince Derek : What are you talking about? This is Odette.
Rothbart : No, Odette is mine.
Prince Derek : It's you! You have no power here. I made a vow, a vow of everlasting love.
Rothbart : You made a vow, all right. A vow of everlasting death.
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Prince Derek : [ready for target practice] The great animal's never gonna give her up without a fight.
Rogers : You're not still thinking she's alive?
Prince Derek : When I find the great animal, Rogers, I'll find Odette.
Rogers : Oh, Derek, you've looked everywhere. She's not coming back. The whole kingdom knows that.
Prince Derek : The whole kingdom's wrong. Odette's alive, and I'm gonna find her.
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Prince Derek : [King William's captain collapses at the doorway; Derek, Bromley, and Lord Rogers run to his side and Derek recognizes him] It's King William's captain.
King William's captain : [with difficulty] We, we were attacked. A great animal.
[he faints]
Prince Derek : Odette.
[takes off]
Rogers : Derek! Wait!
Prince Derek : [rides his horse into the woods] Odette!
[dismounts and checks the abandoned carriage]
Prince Derek : Odette? Odette!
[Derek finds Odette's locket and finds King William unconscious on the ground]
Prince Derek : King William.
King William : [weakly] Derek...
Prince Derek : Who did this?
King William : It came so quickly. A great animal.
Prince Derek : Where is Odette?
King William : Listen to me, Derek, it's not what it seems. It's not what it seems.
Prince Derek : What's not? Where is Odette?
King William : [last words] Odette is. Odette... is gone.
[he dies, leaving Derek in shock]
Prince Derek : Odette!
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[last lines]
Odette : Will you love me, Derek, till the day I die?
Prince Derek : No, much longer than that, Odette. Much longer.
[they both kiss and the movie ends]
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Rogers : You're not still thinking she's alive?
Prince Derek : When I find the Great Animal, Rogers, I'll find Odette.
Rogers : Derek, you've searched everywhere. She's not coming back. The whole kingdom knows that.
Prince Derek : The whole kingdom's wrong. Odette's alive, and I'm gonna find her. You ready, Brom?
[Bromley lifts up his blindfold]
Rogers : No peeking.
[Bromley lowers his blindfold and stands at attention]
Rogers : Animals, assemble!
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[Odette has died]
Prince Derek : [heartbroken] Odette!
[yelling out to Rothbart]
Prince Derek : I made the vow for her! Do you hear? The vow I made was for her!
Rothbart : No need to shout!
Prince Derek : [approaches Rothbart] Don't let her die!
Rothbart : Is that a threat?
Prince Derek : [grabs Rothbart] Don't you *dare* let her die!
Rothbart : [sarcastically] Ooh! It *is* a threat!
Prince Derek : You're the only one with the power! Now do it!
Rothbart : [pushes Derek to the ground] Only if you defeat... me!
[Rothbart raises his hands, throws them onto the ground, disappears in a puff of magic smoke and becomes into a bat-like monster]
Prince Derek : [stares in disbelief] The Great Animal!
[Great Animal roars and attacks]