Scenes with Cornelius 44
Do you mind?! [dressed as a sanitation engineer, picking up litter]
Huh? Oh, excuse me... Pompadour! Oh, Pompadour, am I glad to see you?
That's what all the litterbugs say after the fact.
No, you don't understand. Something's going on around here, and... Pompadour, what, happened to you?
Your job?! Since when are you a... a trash collector?
"Trash collector"? I'll have you know we are... sanitation engineers!
CorneliusWe've just been promoted!
Cornelius? Don't you remember? This is Celesteville. I'm Babar!
Cornelius
Babar... hmmm... Babar...
Cornelius
There was a young lad by that name, but he ran away from the herd years ago.
Cornelius
I heard he ended up in a foreign city... [Pompadour gasps] in the zoo.
You don't know me. But I'm the king! My crown, it's gone!
Yes, well, it... it certainly was nice chatting with you, er, um... Berber. Er, come along, Cornelius.
Cornelius
It seemed like a nice enough young fellow.
Well, I must say he has a nice suit... for a lunatic.
I know I've been acting crazy, but maybe our lives have become a little crazy lately.
But, sire, it's simply the faster pace of progress!
Precisely. And the faster life moves, the faster it can pass us by. I just think we should slow down once in a while, to be with family and friends.
Cornelius
Now that's real progress, Babar. The sanest thing I've heard in a while. Why, it sounds like something the old king might have said.
Yes, Cornelius. I can almost hear him say those exact words.
FCFire Chief
Where's the fire?
Cornelius
There's no fire. it's much more serious then that.
FCFire Chief
[gasps] The children are on fire?!
The children have been swept away on an errant airplane!
Cornelius
You have to save them!
FCFire Chief
So... there's no fire?
Cornelius
NOOOO! And there's no time to argue! The plane's getting away!
FCFire Chief
Oh, I don't know, airplane rescues just aren't in our job description. Do they have a cat with them? We can save cats!
[while the children are swimming in the fountain]
What's the matter, Christina? Aren't you having fun?
CChristina
Oh, Flora, I've never had so much fun. You've all been so nice and I.. Well... [sadly] There's something I should tell you.
[Alexander and Pom keeps playing with the bubbles until they hear Cornelius]
Cornelius
[off-screen] Children!
[Cornelius is on-screen while walking through the bubbles]
[Pom, Alexander and Flora dive into the water. Flora picks up Christina]
Cornelius
I know you're in there! Come out! Come out this instant! [looks for the children] Hmm...
[Pom, Alexander, Flora and Christina raises from the water and flees away]
Cornelius
Ooh! [pants twice] Whoa!
[Cornelius falls into the water. Pom, Alexander, Flora and Christina enters the palace]
CChristina
Why are we hiding from Cornelius?
It's just a game we play. Let's get out of these wet things.
[Back outside, Cornelius is covered in pink bubbles]
Cornelius
Off all the... When I catch with those... [sighs]
Boy Cornelius, where did you ever learn to signal code stuff?
Cornelius
Oh, there's a lot that I know that you don't know I know.
He's struck again, sire! The Scarlet Pachyderm did it again!
Cornelius
What daring! What chivalry!
Cornelius
My tusks, Arthur! How did you manage to avoid a run-in with the rhino guards?
The best way to avoid a run-in is to give 'em a run for their money!
This whole situation is ridiculous!
Cornelius
I have to disagree, Babar!
I have to agree that I disagree, sire!
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Babar: Has anyone seen my pen? Whoa!
Pompadour: Sire!
Cornelius: Are you all right, Babar?
Babar: Has anyone seen my chair?
Cornelius: It's, uh, apppears to have disappeared, Babar.
Babar: First my pen, now my chair?
What's next, my crown? Gasp! My crown!
Pompadour: Sire.
Babar: Oh, thank you.
Cornelius: We know you've been working hard lately.
Pompadour: And have been under a lot of strain.
Babar: Yes, but what about my chair?
There's no better way to escape the pressures of the day then doing a little gardening. Wouldn't you say, Cornelius?
Cornelius
Oh, indubitably, Babar. The garden is so quiet, so peaceful, so...
So easy to get into. Remind me to get that gate fixed.
Cornelius
I think this is going to be a very agreeable experience, Pompadour.
I couldn't agree more, Cornelius!
You couldn't be more correct, Cornelius. I wouldn't choose to sit in that chair.
Cornelius
Nor would I, Pompadour. Nor would I.
[Cornelius and Pompadour attempt to sit in Babar's chair]
Excuse me, Cornelius! I believe I got here first!
Cornelius
Pardon me, Pompadour! I must decide that I got here first!
Cornelius
I should be in charge. I have... I have... seniority!
Far too much seniority, I'm afraid...
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Babar: Pompadour! Cornelius!
Celeste: Be careful!
Babar: Whoa! [Coughing] Cough! Cough!
Celeste: Are you all right, Babar?
[Kids] Daddy, are you all right?
Babar: [Coughing] Yes, I'm all right.
But Pompadour, Cornelius!
Isabelle: There they are!
[All] Pompadour! Cornelius!
[Siren wailing]
Babar: Everyone outside!
Chef Truffles: Have no fear, Chef Truffles is here.
Cornelius
[looking through Pom's microscope] My tusks! So that's what coconut really looks like!
I knew you'd be interested. Coconut's your favorite food, isn't it?
Cornelius
It was...
It's nice of you to join me.
Cornelius
Well, why would I want to stay cooped up in that cosy warm cabin, sipping nice hot tea, when I could stumble around in the freezing cold out here?!
If you keep moving, you don't feel the cold.
[Pompadour is in his blue sweater and pants with a pink towel on his shoulders and jogs] Good morning, Pompadour.
Cornelius
Good morning. "Good mango"? You mean "good morning"!
Oh, but what is a morning without a mango? Why, a morning without a mango is like - like... a sandwich without bread, like bread without butter, like butter without... a cow!
Cornelius
Like me without my glasses. [they all laugh]
Exactly, but seriously, Cornelius, I really do love mangoes. And after tomorrow's fruit festival, I'll have more mangoes than I can manage! Give me a mango, and I'm ready to tango! [leaps and leaves]
Cornelius
Oh my tusks.
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