GingerIf we had to get marooned on an island, why didn't we pick Manhattan?
A character in Gilligan's Island
Played by Tina Louise
Gilligan's Island · 66 quotes
3rd most-quoted character in Gilligan's Island: in 19 of its 66 quotes
Most scenes with: Gilligan (8), Mary Ann Summers (7), The Skipper Grumby (6)
GingerIf we had to get marooned on an island, why didn't we pick Manhattan?
GingerI want Cary Grant for Christmas but I doubt Santa can fit that in my stocking.
GingerThat's not the way to blow up a volcano. I was in a movie once and that's not what they did.
GingerI learned a little Hawaiian when I was singing in a club in Waikiki. Wahine wiki huki luki nu. And every word of it comes from the bottom of my heart.
Gee, that's real nice, Ginger. What does it mean?
Ginger"This bar is off limits to all military personnel."
I used to be a Girl Scout, and they teach you a lot!
GingerI used to go with a Boy Scout, and they teach you a lot, too.
[after the raft sinks in the lagoon, and the castaways make it back to shore] Hey Skipper? We sank anyway without the gold.
Oh, I'm afraid this is all my fault, folks. Why, I didn't think one bag of gold would sink us.
Two bags.
Three bags.
GingerFour bags.
Five bags.
Six bags.
[after they all look at him, he scoffs] That's a switch. Usually I'm one left holding the bag.
GingerIf we had been doing these exercises all along, we'd be in good shape.
I don't see how you can exercise anyway in that dress. It's so tight. I'm surprised it doesn't cut off your circulation.
GingerHoney, in Hollywood the tighter the dress, the more the girl circulates.
GingerWhere's Mary Ann?
Baby, we don't need a cheering section.
GingerI do, I'm an actress.
[regarding the lost ticket] Let's see... it couldn't be in that tin box buried down at the base of that big palm tree by the lagoon.
GingerI didn't know there was a tin box buried under that tree!
There isn't. That's why it couldn't be there.
[Ginger tries to distract Gilligan by flirting with him while taking his four-leaf clover medallion off his neck]
GingerOh well. I guess I don't have what it takes.
[Holding up the medallion] You also don't have what you took, either.
Ginger[Shocked, she opens her pocketbook to see it's not in there] Oh Gilligan! You're impossible!
I've got a problem. I've got a real problem. You're a girl, right?
GingerWell, if you're not sure about that, you have got a problem.
[Gilligan & Skipper are collecting natural gas. Ginger arrives and finds Gilligan on the ground, out cold]
GingerWhat happened to Gilligan?
Oh, I told him there was gas in the bottle, but he didn't believe me, so he uncorked the bottle and took a big sniff...
[the Skipper duplicates these actions, then gets a really goofy expression on his face and starts dancing]
[During Mary Ann's dream after she thinks she ate some poisonous mushrooms] We've got to prepare for an operation. Where can we find a kitchen table?
Now just a minute, doctor. We've got to scrub up. Now nurse, where do we go to scrub up?
GingerWalk this way, gentlemen.
[Ginger walks sexily across the room to the sinks]
We'll try and walk that way ma'am. but I don't think we'll make it.
I can't see how you are going to figure out how I read minds by asking me what happened as a kid.
GingerWell, I think I can. Did your father ever beat you?
Yes
GingerHe did?
All the time.
GingerAnd your mother let him?
She used to beat me too.
GingerOh, you poor thing.
How else could I learn to play checkers?
Where's Gilligan?
GingerWe forgot about Gilligan.
Oh, the last time I saw Gilligan, he was collecting feathers for some ridiculous idea that he had.
Skipper, look.
[they see Gilligan on the roof of a hut with wings he made from feathers]
Gilligan, come down here right now.
Skipper, I've been watching the birds fly. It's real easy.
Gilligan, come down here right now.
Okay, here I come.
[he flaps his wings and floats in the air]
Gilligan, you can't fly. It's impossible.
I can't?
No!
Oh. Mmm.
[stops flapping his wings and falls to the ground]
Gilligan! Gilligan, little buddy! Are you all right?
Why did you have to say that? Impossible? Why did you have to say that?
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