The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)

Yeardley Smith: Putter

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Quotes 

• Putter : Is that a boy or a girl?

  Lloyd : Girl, Joan of Arc. She dressed up as a man and led the French in fighting the English. She heard voices, 'stop being a peasant', 'France needs you', 'the truth needs you'. And she won, she beat the English, but then...

  Putter : Then what?

  Lloyd : The French, burnt her, alive!

• Kid #1 : [Billie Jean and Putter find 3 kids staring at them]  You Billie Jean?

  Putter : You got it, bud.

  Kid #2 : Somebody's just got to help Kenny, he's in a lot of trouble.

• Putter : Hubie won't bring it back.

  Ringwald : How do you know?

  Putter : 'Cause he's a fucker, that's how I know.

• Ophelia : Would you look at those tits?

  Putter : I think they're gross.

  Ophelia : That's because you don't have any.

• Binx : What's this?

  Putter : I think it's chicken.

  Binx : It doesn't taste like chicken.

  Ophelia : When you rich, food ain't supposed to taste like what it really is.

• Putter : I'll be grounded till I'm 35 years old.

• Billie Jean : I'm Billie Jean Davy, and I wanna set the record straight.

  Ringwald : [notices hair cut very short]  Oh my God!

  Policeman #1 : Wow!

  Billie Jean : I'm not a liar, I'm not a thief, and neither is my brother.

  Binx : [cuts in]  Hello, ma!

  Billie Jean : [shoves Binx aside]  Sorry, that is him. Mom, I don't know when we'll be comin' home, but we love you. I know people are making up stories about us. Don't you believe them. As for you, Mr. Pyatt. You are so sleazy.

  Putter : [cheers on camera]  YEA!

  Billie Jean : You think you can do anything you want and then lie about it and we just have to take it, because what are we? Just a bunch of kids. Well not this time. From now on we're doin' this our way. No lyin', no cheatin', fair is fair.

  Kid #1 in Crowd : [at electronics store watching TV]  Alright!

  Billie Jean : $608 dollars for the scooter your son trashed. That's what you owe, and we're NOT turnin' ourselves in til we get it. Fair is fair! We didn't start this, we didn't mean it to happen, but we're not givin' up til you pay. FAIR IS FAIR!

• Putter : Where's Binx? Did he get in trouble? What did he do? Can I come, Billie Jean? I love police stations.

  Billie Jean : I thought you were grounded.

  Putter : I am.

• Putter : Far out, I'm coming!

  Billie Jean : This is serious, Putter!

  Putter : I can be serious, Billie Jean, please I can't stay here without you, I'll just die!

  Billie Jean : Go away, Putter!

  Putter : [to Ophelia]  Billie Jean said I can come, don't move!

• Putter : [after getting her first period]  When can I get a diaphragm?

• Putter : If you don't let me out I'm throwin' up all over the front seat!

• Billie Jean : Who wants to watch this?

  Putter : I do!

  Ophelia : You like anything on the TV.

• Lloyd : Tapes are not going to be enough.

  Billie Jean : What do you mean?

  Lloyd : I mean they don't have to give you the money, they'll just hunt you down and catch you. Cops don't have to bargain with you, you don't have anything they want. Unless you offer them a trade.

  [starts tying himself up] 

  Ophelia : Whatever is that boy doing?

  Putter : It's a trick, I saw it on TV.

  Billie Jean : What kind of trade?

  Lloyd : I'm going to be your hostage, then they have to reason with you. I'm your guarantee.

  Putter : Like when you buy a car.

  Ophelia : That's a warranty.

• Billie Jean : [after escaping a guy shooting at them]  Putter, oh my God, you're bleeding!

  Ophelia : She's been shot!

  Putter : No I haven't!

  Billie Jean : But there's blood!

  [pause] 

  Billie Jean : Putter, it's finally happened.

  Putter : [grins]  It's about time.

  Binx : Gross!

  Billie Jean : Be quiet, Binx! It's wonderful!

• Putter's Mother : Putter Jacks!

  Putter : Mommy!

  [Putter's mother hits her and she falls back on a desk and grabs a pair of scissors and holds them aimed at her mother] 

  Ringwald : Putter don't! Putter!

  [Putter cuts off her hair] 

  Ophelia : Oh my God.

• Binx : Let's go to Vermont.

  Ophelia : We don't have enough gas to get out of Corpus.

  Binx : Then we'll steal it, we're outlaws, right?

  Billie Jean : No stealing, we may be outlaws but we're not thieves.

  Putter : I'm a hungry outlaw, where's breakfast?

• Putter : Billie Jean, I don't feel so good.

  Billie Jean : I wonder why, you only ate 12 Kit-Kats.