Basil quotes from Babar

Rataxes

Basil, how did I do in the popularity poll this year?

Basil

Well, according to a random sampling, you're slightly more popular then a plague of locusts.

Rataxes

Oh...

Basil

It's an improvement, sir. Last year, you were less popular then a volcanic eruption!

Rataxes

What's wrong with my subjects? Babar's popular; What's he got that I haven't got?

Basil

Do you have a couple of hours, sir? It's a rather long list.

Rataxes

There isn't enough mud here to make a pie!

Basil

Don't worry, your rhighness; I'll find mud if it's the last thing I do.

Rataxes

And if you don't, Basil, it just might be the last thing you do!

Rataxes

Basil, you're getting on my nerves. Don't you have something better to do then nag me with these unending chores?

Basil

But sir, that's my job!

Basil

50% say they love you, 50% say they adore you, and 50% say they kiss the ground underneath you.

Rataxes

Together it's 150%, how could that be?"

Basil

Some people voted twice.

Rataxes

It's time the truth came out. You all think I'm some big hero, but I'm not.

Rataxes

Basil is the one who saved Isabelle, not me. If anybody deserves to have a statue made in his honor, it's Basil. Not just because he's a hero, but because guys like him are one in a million. Please don't fault Basil for what he's done. Protecting my image is his job. That's what I hired him to do. But I want you to know Basil, that, over the years, you've become more then just my employee; You're my... best friend.

Basil

Thank you, sir. I mean, Rataxes.

Rataxes

Well, if that doesn't just chew my shoes!

Basil

Something eating you, sir?

Rataxes

The mayor of Paris needs Babar at a meating of the minds? What's wrong with my mind? Don't answer that, Basil!

Basil

I'm sorry, Babar. But Lord Rataxes is not in.

Don't be ridiculous, Basil! I can hear him.