Too-Tall quotes from The Berenstain Bears (2003)

[After Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends Smirk and Skuzz teased Brother in the classroom, school yard, and on the bus back home from school --which was the chant "Brother, Brother!/Teacher's Pet!/Now he is the principal's pet!", "Brother, Brother!/He's so good!/He does everything he should!", and "Brother, Brother!/He's so sweet!/The sweetest cub you ever met!"-- Brother befriended a new cub named Massive Milton. And after Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz teased Milton, Too-Tall teases Brother again and he --Too-Tall-- says...!)

Too-Tall

[to Brother] WELL?! LA-DI-DAH! BROTHER BEAR --THE PRINCIPAL'S PET-- IS STICKING UP FOR MASSIVE MILTON!

[This line --said by Too-Tall-- was also from the "Too Much Teasing" book.]

WATCH HIM GO!

WATCH HIM DRIBBLE OFF HIS TOE!

[Widder Jones pulls a rope, Too-Tall, Smirk and Skuzz pop out of a bush and Vampire bats swarm them.]

Too Tall

Watch out! Vampire bats! They’re after us!

Lizzy

But, they’re still coming back!

[Widder Jones pulls another rope, Too-Tall and his gang pop out from behind a tree, as ghosts appear.]

[Suddenly, skeletons appear out of nowhere.]

Too-Tall

Let’s get out of here! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES. Let's go home. Mommy Daddy?

[Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends Smirk and Skuzz had stolen Sister's jump rope-- is jumping with Sister's jump rope. That is, until Brother showed up.]

Too-Tall

Tell you what, Brother! You want it back? Come and get it!

[Brother attempts to cross the log bridge over a stream.]

[As Skuzz says this, he says it as if to mean he wouldn't care if Brother had a "chilly swim", caught a cold from it, and got called out sick so he wouldn't have to go to school. All he does care is that he knows Brother might not make it across the log bridge to retrieve Sister's jump rope from Too-Tall.]

Too-Tall

Look, guys! I think he's chicken!

[Smirk and Skuzz chickens clucking.]

Too-Tall

Then we dare you to cross!

[The scene cuts to Brother, Too-Tall, Smirk and Skuzz at a field of sheep.]

Too-Tall

Get ready, Brother. We're going to take a little shortcut across this field.

[Trios laughs.]

Too-Tall

There's a ram in the flock with a bad temper.

Too-Tall

That's the chicken route.

[Smirk and Skuzz chickens clucking]

Too-Tall

Then we dare you to take the shortcut!

Too-Tall

That's what we like to hear!

[Farmer Ben --unnoticed at first-- uses himself like a scarecrow. Brother Bear and the big cubs --Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz-- think he's a scarecrow --and that there's a real scarecrow in the watermelon patch-- in the spite of that. That is, although they fail to notice him. He uses himself as a scarecrow --having his eyes shut, arms spread out, feet together, and his face like a scarecrow's face-- in the middle of the watermelon patch. That is, as if there really is a scarecrow in his patch. So Farmer Ben --striking the pose-- pretends to be a scarecrow. Brother --after picking out the biggest and greenest skinned watermelon-- gets the melon off the vine, breaks the stem off of it, and picks it up. But when he picks up the melon, Farmer Ben moves a little by smiling. Then he opens his eyes, makes his mouth into an "O" shape, and --offscreen-- undoes his scarecrow pose. Then he --as if returning back to his normal self-- runs up to Brother and catches him.]

Farmer Ben

GOTCHA!

[Brother Bear tries to run away --only to be tightly grabbed by Farmer Ben.]

[The scene cuts to Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends --Smirk and Skuzz. When they see that Brother is caught by Farmer Ben, they run away.]

Too-Tall

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

[Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends run away screaming. Farmer Ben does not notice Too-Tall the bully. And his two friends --Smirk and Skuzz-- but he talks to Brother about the dee-double dare incident. And he --Farmer Ben-- is unaware that Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz are invading his melon patch again.]

Farmer Ben

BROTHER BEAR! WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU DOING STEALING WATERMELONS WITH TOO-TALL AND HIS NO GOOD GANG?!

[As Farmer Ben says this, he wants to know what in the Earth Brother Bear --stealing Too-Tall-- is doing with that watermelon.]

Farmer Ben

That dee double dare is so hard to resist.

Farmer Ben

Well, it's okay, Brother. It's not your fault. I'm not going to call in and tell your parents about this one watermelon stealing mistake.

[Brother comes back to Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz with a watermelon slice that Farmer Ben gave him.]

Too-Tall

Brother?! You got away with it! And you got the watermelon.

Too-Tall

Come on, we're going to have more fun at the Widder Jones' house.

Too-Tall

[Too-tall and his gang he stops walking] Oh, really? well, I dare you to come with us.

Too-Tall

Okay, then, I double dare you.

Too-Tall

What the matter? Chicken?

[Smirk and Skuzz chickens clucking.]

Too-Tall

Okay Brother...! I DEE DOUBLE DARE YOU TO COME WITH US TO THE WIDDER JONES'S HOUSE!

[But Brother --considering the consequences if he goes-- says "No". That is, after he says this. In the spite of that, he heads back to the house.]

Farmer Ben

[To the trios Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz] TOO-TALL!

[Farmer Ben, he approaches the gang.]

Farmer Ben

[continues] IF I CATCH YOU OR ANY OF YOUR GANG IN MY WATERMELON PATCH AGAIN, YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ME! NOW GET ON HOME!

Too-Tall

Please don't tell our parents!

[As the trios says this, they run for their very lives. That is, after hearing the warning from Farmer Ben.]

Farmer Ben

[chuckles] Those cubs make my chickens look tough.

[In the book adaptation, it was Two-Ton Grizzly --Too-Tall's papa-- who saved Brother. The narration of the page reads, "He looked like Too-Tall. But he was much, much, much bigger. It was Too-Tall's papa Two-Ton Grizzly. 'Wha, wha, what is up, Pop?', asked Too-Tall. 'What is up', growled Two-Ton, 'it was a little phone call that I had from Farmer Ben about you!'. 'And', he added as he turned to the gang, 'if I hear about any more shenanigans, all of your parents are going to hear from me! Now get on home!'". But in the cartoon, Farmer Ben saved Brother. And he was the one who talked to Too-Tall, Smirk, and Skuzz about the dee-double dare incident. However, in both adaptations, the "warning" phrase was the same --Two-Ton in the book/Farmer Ben in the cartoon-- which was, "...all of your parents are going to hear from me!". In this version --the book-- Farmer Ben said, "TOO-TALL, SMIRK, AND SKUZZ! IF I EVER CATCH YOU IN MY WATERMELON PATCH AGAIN, ALL OF YOUR PARENTS ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM ME! NOW GET ON HOME!".)