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

Sartana, I challenge you to a game. If you win, I'll give you the stone. If I win, I get your guitar.

Oh, I love this game! Set 'em up.

The stone, where will she land? [hides the stone in one of the cups and shuffles them] So, is it somewhere there? Is it somewhere where? [pan up to reveal that he has hidden the stone in his nose]

[points to the cup in the middle] Ah-ha. There!

[lifts up the cup, revealing the stone is not there, to Sartana's shock] Oh, too bad.

[surprised] Incredible! Where could it have gone?

Fool! Did you really think I would give you my mystic guitar? Listen well to the music of your DOOM! [strums her "mystic guitar," which is soon revealed that Frida swapped it with a broomstick]

Frida

You gotta keep an eye on your stuff when there's no cops around.

Manny

Those jerks insulted the Rivera family name! They made up some crazy story about Dad running away from a guy called, El Mal Verde.

Maria

[gasps in horrified shock] El Mal Verde.

Frida

Who is this guy? He sounds like bad salsa.

Maria

El Mal Verde is the biggest, meanest, most vicious bandito of all time! Every 10 years, he comes down from the peak of Mount Tortura and attacks Miracle City. Once, some superheroes went to stop him, but they… [starts to hyperventilate] Then your father, he went up, too, and…

Manny

And? AND?!

Maria

[gasping and panting] And… you should talk to him about it!

Maria

Oh. You spoke to your father?

Manny

[grumpily] Huh, you mean the coward?!

Maria

[having to hear that; sharped] Manny!

Frida

Harsh.

Manny

It's true! He ran from a fight! He tarnished our family name, Mom!

There's only one way I can save the Rivera name from disgrace. [walks towards the window] I must defeat El Mal Verde myself!

Maria

You will do no such thing!

Frida

That dude is way dangerous!

It's been 10 years. So El Mal Verde's due to attack Miracle City again. And if the coward that is my father won't stop him, it's up to me. [opens the window and heads over to Mount Tortura]

Maria

[worried] Manny, come back!

Frida

[calling out] Want me to stay behind and protect your mom, okay.

Manny

[losing it; irritated] I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! We're gonna be stuck with Toshiro forever! There's no way he could beat a supervillain, never, forget it, not a chance!

Frida

Can't we buy him a practice one, like a training nemesis?

Manny

Buy one, that's it! We'll just find a bad guy we can pay to take a dive.

Frida

Here is my life savings. Anything to get rid of the mighty politey!

Manny

Frida, I got busted! I gotta go home after school. I can't go to the Festival of Flammable Things!

Frida

NO!!! We saved for months to buy those tickets! Betrayal! How could you... [realizes] Oh, wait. I got busted, too.

Manny

Oh, yeah, for what?

Frida

Glued my sisters together again.

Manny

[laughs] Ah, that just never stops being funny.

Frida

So now I gotta floss the dogs' teeth. What'd they nab you for?

Manny

Well, Granpapi got a new cane. And he told me not to touch it or "terrible things would happen."

Frida

So, obviously, you had to touch it.

Manny

Well, yeah. But before I could reach it…

Manny! I have only one rule. And you break it. Which make me want to do the happy dance. But also make you in trouble! Rodolfo, discipline your boy. Keep up the bad work. [clicks tongue and leaves]

Rodolfo

[points to Manny; sternly] Grandpapi told you not to touch that cane. You will come home immediately after school, and clean up Señor Chapi's cage.

The little donkey boy is trying to stop the giant robot? [Manny and Frida both nod yes] Then he's our only hope. Go, little donkey boy. GO!

Davi, you can maybe do it!

Frida

All right, Davi! Hit… anything!

[to Manny and Frida] Muchas gracias. I never could have done it, if you guys hadn't made me train by doing all those chores for you.

You made him do what?!

[shrugging] Guh.

[after Frida throws a potato at her in the face] A potato? That's the best you can do?

Frida

Um…yes?

[attaching Manny's El Tigre belt to her mystic guitar as a guitar strap] I've been needing a new guitar strap for a long time now. [to Frida] So, this must be the 10th time I've captured you this month.

Frida

[sighs remorsefully] I'll just take my usual cell. Hey, who messed up my cards?

Manny

[whispering] Can't believe you stole my belt.

Frida

Manny! How'd you know where I'd be?

Manny

Are you kidding?! You spend more time here than Sartana does.

Frida

[upset] I'm sorry I took your belt, Manny. I wanted to feel powerful, just for once.

Manny

Then how come you took it for twice?

Frida

Why are you whispering anyway?

Manny

So Sartana doesn't hear… [yelps as Sartana catches him]

Frida

MANNY!

[holding him up] Ah, the one true Tigre. You will make a fine skeleton bandito. Once I strip off all your bothersome flesh! [sharpens her razor-sharped claws to kill him as Frida frees herself from her cell] Now you know how it feels to be powerless, eh?

Manny

Want to go to the arcade?

Frida

Five minutes, tops. [transit to the Mayan Arcade] Well, time to go home and write that masterpiece. [notices the nighttime sky] Why is the sky so dark?

Manny

We were in there for five hours.

Frida

[looks down at Manny's pair of Zebra Donkey underwear] Dude, awesome… underpants.

Manny

[firmly] Listen to me. No one must ever know of this, NO ONE!

Frida

My dreams are finally coming true! Except for the one where my mom is a giant snail, only she's really a post office.

Manny

Yeah, that's really, uh, good. Hey, do you think maybe people are getting sick of hearing that same song?

Frida

[gasps in shock] What are you trying to do, jinx me?! We're going on "Caliente o Basura" today, the whole city will be watching!

Manny

Tough audience, huh?

Frida

[incredibly enraged] You JINXED me!

Manny

What?! You totally trashed me and I still had your back!

Frida

Hey, I put your name in an awesome hit song! And what do you do? You jinx me with your jinxy-winxy-backstabbing JINX!

Manny

[unamused] Uh-huh. Call me when you remember how to be a friend again. [walks off]