Manny Rivera quotes from El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

It's weird. I kinda understand why my dad acts all... daddish.

Frida

Understand: yes. Like: no. [sees that they're flying towards back to Miracle City] Hey, look, the Miracle City volcano!

[wounded] Oh, good...

Manny

[annoyed] Dad, you said we were gonna protect the city today, not plant daisies.

Rodolfo

Icelandic poppies!

Mom, are you okay? [points to the glove] Get your hand off my mom!

Maria

Manny, it's not what you think.

Maria, you said the glove was destroyed in the jaws of the Robasura.

Maria

I thought it was. [Flashback to the events of "A Mother's Glove", when the glove lands in the Robasura and gets crushed by its jaws after its battle with Manny; voice-over] But a few days later, it showed up on my doorstep, hurt and scared. I just couldn't turn it away. As I nursed it back to health, I realized the glove was good inside. Tests in my home lab showed that if I wore the glove for only one hour at a time, I could control the danger mania. Even a few seconds more, and I become… unstable. So, the glove and I made a deal. [Flashback ends] I will use my Plata Peligrosa powers to help those in need, but when my watch alarm sounds, it must get off my hand. Right, "Glovey?"

That's great, Mom.

Frida

You have a home lab?

Maria

Now, I can help my boys out in a crisis.

[gazing dreamily at her] You called me handsome.

Maria

Rodolfo, don't listen to what I say when I'm wearing the glove. I'm not myself. [Rodolfo puckers up his lips to kiss her; puts her hand on his mouth] You and I always be just friends.

Of course. I understand completely. [Maria walks off] She called me handsome!

Frida

Wow, your mom and dad, a crime-fighting team. Maybe they'll get back together. [imitates kissing while rubbing Señor Chapi's head] Oh, Rodolfo, you're so handsome.

[touched while blushing] Ah, viva pantalones.

Manny

Cut it out, Frida. We both know my parents are better off apart.

Frida

Yeah, but does your dad know?

Manny

Sure he does. Probably. Down deep. Anyway, as long as he keeps his mind off beautifying the city.

Rodolfo

Maria, we have been seeing a lot of each other lately, and… No, that's not right. [clears throat] Mi vida, I, that is, um… I need to ask you, will you have coffee with me?

Frida

Manny, it's just coffee.

Manny

You know what happens after a man and woman have coffee?

Frida

[gasps] Danish?

Manny

No! They have a real date!

Manny

Dad! Oh, man. He's gonna get his heart broken. [determined] We gotta make him see that she's not herself when she's wearing that glove.

Frida

Right, 'cause that isn't obvious.

Manny

So we'll make it even more obvious. This I swear!

[giving Frida the alarm watch] (Here,) Hide this.

Frida

But without the alarm, your mom's gonna go all danger-crazy.

Exactly.

What's that noise?

Wind.

Frida

Elephants.

Airplane.

Frida

Thingy-thing.

[looks up and gasps] Maria! [Maria's eyes light up in flames and she suddenly goes completely insane with danger and beats up the monsters, violently; utterly shocked] I have never seen so much grotesque grotesquely. That's not like Maria. It's not love!

[grabs Rodolfo by the collar] You and I belong together, White Pantera! Come on. Spend your life with me, crushing evil, and laughing in danger, and never taking this glove off! [laughs wickedly insane]

Manny

NOOOOOOO!!!!!! [runs back to Chui and hugs him; sobbing] He's my Chui! He's…my…Chui! [sobs] We can't leave him and go home!

Frida

I know it's hard, dude, but you got to let him go.

Manny

No, we really can't leave him and go home. I have no idea where we are.

Frida

[annoyed after getting a F on her geography test] Stupid geography test. I like my answer for "What's the capital of France?"

Manny

Yeah, Frenchy town rocks.

This is my chance to show those girls how macho I am for real! [Makes a girly face and claps] Yay!

Frida

Yeah…he's gonna need a macho coach.

[showing up at the Miracle City junkyard; annoyed] Frida! Missed you at the concert tonight.

Frida

Oh, was that tonight?

Guess you couldn't make it 'cause you were too busy STABBING ME IN THE BACK!

Frida

I didn't stab you anywhere.

How could you?! You haven't seen me all week!

Frida

Sure, I have.

Oh, yeah? What did I bring to school for lunch yesterday?

Frida

FOOD!

Lucky guess.

Frida

You're just mad because for once, I'm not your sidekick.

[angrily gets in her face] Yeah. You're his sidekick!

Frida

Nuh-uh, I'm like, his, "front-kick!"

[drags her away and gets into Manny's face] Get out of her face.

Make me, tin puppy!

Make me make you.

Make me make you make me!

Here… [hands Frida his whip] Finish him.

Frida

[incredulous] What?

It's time for you to choose, Frida… El Tigre or me?

Frida

[nonchalantly] El Tigre. [takes off her biker helmet]

Yes, though it may be agonizing you must decide between… what?

Frida

El Tigre, duh, no brainer.

You can't DO that!

Frida

Can, did.

You were supposed to forget about him! [in a grown man's voice as his body becomes full silver] This is not going according to my secret plan!

[shocked] I know that voice! Silver Wolf is…

[revealing himself in the form of Silver Wolf] The Titanium Titan!

Frida

[disgusted] Eww, I still have his spit on my cheek.

Curse you, Frida! You have foiled my plan to get revenge on El Tigre for stealing White Pantera from me for stealing you from El Tigre!

You understand any of that?

Frida

What's foiled mean?

Now, El Tigre, you will lose the hard way!

Frida

[outraged] Zoe Aves?! [angrily squirts her soda up in Manny's nose]

Manny

[pushes the side of his nose, making the soda squirt out of his eye sockets] Cool.

Frida

She's my arch-nemesis! I can't work with her!

Can, will.

Zoe

[to Manny; sweetly] Hello, Manny. [glaring coldly at Frida] Hello, Frida.

Manny

Come on, Frida. Zoe isn't that bad.

Frida

No? What about the time she sawed through the legs of my stool chair?

Manny

When was that?

Frida

Now. [falls on the ground, revealing Zoe already did it as she snickers sinisterly]

Manny

Uh, maybe she's changed since then?

Frida

[vengefully] I will make Zoe Aves suffer! I will humiliate her! I WILL HAVE REVENGE!!! And by "I", I mean, "we."

Manny

Sure, what are friends for?

Voltura

Zoe, are you clear to talk?

Lady Gobbler

You can never be too careful. If your secret identity is discovered, the entire family will be ruined upon!

Zoe

Then maybe these wrist communicators shouldn't beep like a truck backing up.

Voltura

Meet us downtown. We're stealing a shipment of real Russian chickens.

Zoe

Okay. I'm on my way. [sees Manny and Frida and hits her head]

Frida

[annoyingly suspicious] Are you talking to your wrist?

Zoe

No… yes. Uh, I have to go, uh, somewhere, for… a reason. [zips away]

Frida

She's hiding something.

Manny

Why? There's nothing wrong with talking to your wrist.

Black Cuervo

All right, yes! I am Zoe Aves. You have learned the truth. But maybe sharing my secret will bring us closer. Maybe you will join me, and maybe I will give you... a jet pack. All you have to do is keep my secret.

[romantically] Oh, a jet pack. We can be together at last, mi amor.