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Charlie Callas and Sean Marshall in Pete's Dragon (1977)

Charles Tyner: Merle

Pete's Dragon

Charles Tyner credited as playing...

Merle

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  • Merle: [the Gogans have returned and want to take Pete away from Nora] Okay lady, we're gonna take him whether you like it or not. Right boys?
  • Grover: Right, Pa. Willie, you grab onto Pete, while I hold onto her.
  • Willie: You grab Pete, I wanna hold her.
  • Grover: I wanna hold her!
  • Willie: I'm gonna hold her!
  • [Willie and Grover push each other]
  • Merle: [separates them] Alright, I'll settle this: You two grab the brat, I'LL hold her.
  • Lena Gogan: If you think you're gonna hold her, like my boys wanna hold her, you're gonna be holdin' your head, ya understand?
  • Merle: Say, have you seen anything of a mean, fresh, kid, about ye big? Answers to the name of Pete.
  • Hoagy: Half of the kids here in this town answer to Pete. Other half don't answer.
  • Pete: Where's Elliott?
  • Lena Gogan: [comes out of the closet behind him and grabs him and messes up his hair] Nowhere! Your hokey pokey dragon is out helpin' Santa Claus pull his sled! Boys!
  • Pete: Let me go!
  • [Willie and Grover lift him up by his legs and Pete pounds on them and tries to get free]
  • Lena Gogan: Now you're never gonna get away again! We're gonna put chains on ya when you're workin'!
  • Merle: And when you're not workin'.
  • Willie: And when you're sleepin'!
  • Nora: [singing] Watch out, or I'll take you apart!
  • Lena Gogan, Willie, Grover, Merle: [singing] We'd like to see you try it!
  • Merle: We done had our bath in May.
  • [first lines]
  • Grover: Petey.
  • Merle: Where'd he go?
  • [when Elliott was flying up with Pete]
  • Merle: He must have went that-a-way. Oh, Petey...
  • [Owl Hooting]
  • Merle: I'll wring his neck!
  • Grover: Petey!
  • Grover: Petey.
  • [Hooting Continues]
  • Pete: [Whispering] Elliott, put me down.
  • Willie: Now, where is he?
  • Merle: Look around.
  • Lena Gogan: SPREAD OUT!
  • Merle: knock it off you polecats fighting it out while that kid keeps getting fuirther away

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