- Uncle Porter: [reading the riot act to Sandy] You're going to have to use your brain which is going to hurt because it's the weakest muscle in your body.
- Dirk Moran: [Porter having just cut Moran's net line] You got no right to do that. I ought to teach you a lesson.
- Uncle Porter: Yeah, I'd like that. I have a thirst for knowledge. Teach me.
- Dirk Moran: [Moran backs down and just scoffs]
- Uncle Porter: School's out for the day, isn't it? Thought so. Maybe next time.
- Sandy Ricks: [after almost being eaten by a shark] You know that story you told me, about Scar?
- Kim: Mhm.
- Sandy Ricks: It's true.
- Sandy Ricks: [talking to his mother on the phone] I've been smoking up a storm. Uncle Porter lets me drink all the beer i want, he also knows a lot of loose women -
- [Uncle Porter seizes the phone from Sandy]
- Uncle Porter: [Blowtorching pieces of bread] You ever been fishing? What did you catch?
- Sandy Ricks: A whale. But I threw it back.
- Sandy Ricks: [after he and Porter receive test results about Flipper] The other night Kim and I went out looking for Flipper. Dirk Moran's boat was out there. We saw some guys tossing barrels or something over the side.
- Cathy: Sandy, this is really important. Do you remember where you guys were?
- Sandy Ricks: Definitely, exactly
- Cathy: Just let me know when the grunt work's done, okay?
- Uncle Porter: Grunt work? Well, we both know I'm good at that.
- Sandy Ricks: How much did she pay you to take me off her hands?
- Uncle Porter: I resent that, Sandy. When your mother called, I didn't hesitate. Family's very important. You guys are all I've got.
- Sandy Ricks: How much?
- Uncle Porter: [Turns around, rolling his eyes] A hundred dollars a week, just for the summer.
- Sandy Ricks: [Sarcastically] Oh boy, she really lowballed you, man.
- Sandy Ricks: [On the phone] Just pick me up tomorrow night. We'll be at the concert. I gotta jet. Here comes the hippie.
- [Hangs up]
- Uncle Porter: [Gives Sandy a new shirt after getting sick on the boat] Thought you might like a change.
- Sandy Ricks: [Curiously] Why?
- Uncle Porter: [Nods] I don't know.
- Uncle Porter: [after a shower] Hey Sandy, do I look cool or what?
- Sandy Ricks: Or what?
- Uncle Porter: It's a shirt. It was given to me personally by Brian Wilson himself.
- Sandy Ricks: Who?
- Uncle Porter: Brian Wilson! The Beach Boys! What are they teaching you kids in school?
- Sandy Ricks: [Angrily takes Sandy's Flipper show money] Hey!
- Uncle Porter: [With a cigar on his mouth] House cut.