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Christopher Atkins, Pam Dawber, Robert Axelrod, Lara Cody, and David Hemmings in Swan Lake (1981)

David Hemmings: Rothbart

Swan Lake

David Hemmings credited as playing...

Rothbart

Quotes25

  • Rothbart: Someone's been chewing! Must be those rats again.
  • Hans: Who's he calling a rat?
  • Rothbart: Make Odette fall in love with me, and I'll give you a whole planet to rule.
  • Odille: We make Siegfried fall in love with someone else.
  • Rothbart: Hmmm, but suppose that idiotic prince won't fall in love with anyone except Odette. What do we do then?
  • Odille: I'll show you, Daddy.
  • Rothbart: Huh? What are you... What are you doing?
  • [Odille transforms into Odette]
  • Odille: [sees that Rothbart is sleeping] All he ever wants to do is sleep. It's time to wake up now, daddy. It's dark outside.
  • [Rothbart's eyes open]
  • Rothbart: Hmm? Huh?
  • Odille: You're looking worse than usual, daddy... Is something wrong?
  • Rothbart: Every single time, I turned someone into a statue. It really takes it out of me, you know. Especially, broad daylight.
  • [groaning, he gets up]
  • Odille: You're certainly crazy about that boring Odette, aren't you, daddy?
  • [He gets out of the bed tree]
  • Rothbart: Crazy? Why, that's not a word for it. She's the only thing in the world, we're feeling out of bed for.
  • Prince Siegfried: Rothbart! Fight like a man!
  • Rothbart: *Me*? Prince Siegfried wants to fight me?
  • Prince Siegfried: I'll fight you to the death if I have to!
  • Rothbart: Poor boy. Perhaps you don't realize that standing in front of you is Rothbart the Magnificent?
  • Rothbart: So... This is what I get for loving a princess.
  • Odille: He's invited her to a dance at his castle tomorrow, and you can bet your wolfsbane, he'll ask her to marry him.
  • Rothbart: Why, that lousy pipsqueak! I'll turn him into a goose and I'll have him for dinner!
  • [He runs out of the castle, angrily]
  • Odille: Your blood pressure, daddy.
  • Rothbart: What will I do? How can I make her love me?
  • Rothbart: Are you telling me, the rat's out of the trap?
  • Odille: And he almost got the cheese.
  • Rothbart: [points his sword at Siegfried's throat] Watch me now, prince!
  • Princess Odette: Stop! You can't kill him!
  • Rothbart: [snickers] So you want him to live?
  • Princess Odette: Please, don't kill him.
  • [Odille steps forward]
  • Odille: Finish him off!
  • Rothbart: Oh, I'll let him live, Odette. If you'll accept my humble offer of marriage. Everything has its price. Now, have you fallen in love with me all of a sudden? Or do you want me to ask more nicely? You always were a romantic, weren't you? O, most beautiful of princesses, from the bottom of my heart, I humbly beg you to be mine!
  • Prince Siegfried: [to Odette] You can't say yes! Forget about me! Don't give into this monster! I'm not worth it!
  • Rothbart: It's up to you now. Please, shall I put him out of his misery?
  • Princess Odette: [rushes forward] Wait!
  • Prince Siegfried: [to Odette] Don't try to stop him!
  • Rothbart: Well? Please give me your answer, princess. I haven't got all day. Will you love me forever, or will you let Siegfried die like a rat?
  • Prince Siegfried: Odette, let him kill me! My life doesn't matter!
  • Rothbart: Give me your answer, Odette. I'm waiting.
  • Princess Odette: I promise that I will love you, Rothbart, for the rest of my life.
  • Prince Siegfried: [yells] NO, ODETTE!
  • [grabs Rothbart's blade with his hands, grunts]
  • Rothbart: No, no! You mustn't...!
  • [Siegfried pushes the sword into his chest, screaming. He flashes with a yellow light. Rothbart and Odille scream, turns into owls and fly out of the castle. But instantly they are obliterated by the sunlight]
  • Rothbart: Ugggh! Odille, help me!
  • [Odille shrieks]
  • Rothbart: All the power and all the wizard in the world can't move a single human heart!
  • [Rothbart and Odille as owls, leaving his castle at night]
  • Rothbart: Have a pleasent evening, Odette! Curl up with a good book or play a few hands of solitaire! I want you rested for your wedding tomorrow!
  • [cackling]
  • Princess Odette: [sobbing] Prince Siegfried, Prince Siegfried.
  • Odille: You better stop laughing like an idiot and get some rest.
  • Rothbart: Yes! Beautiful sleep, that's what Rothbart leaves.
  • [running to the bed tree, laughing]
  • Rothbart: Lucky, lucky!
  • Rothbart: You'd better go back to your castle now, prince, while you still can.
  • Rothbart: Please, Odette. Take pity on me, I'm a much better person than you think. Would you rather marry that primping little prince on his ridiculous prancing palomino?
  • Princess Odette: Yes.
  • Rothbart: But, why? How could you be in love with someone you never laid eyes on until today?
  • Princess Odette: You're wrong about that. I've been in love with Siegfried since the first time I swam out into that lake.
  • Rothbart: [shocked] What? For three years?
  • Princess Odette: Every time, he went out hunting with his friends. I go down to the lake and watch him go by.
  • Rothbart: So, that's why you never fell in love with me. Even a little bit. Don't push your luck with me. There's only so much humiliation a sorcerer can take, you know even from the only woman for he'll ever love. Why if you felt like it, I could turn you into a slimy little snake! If you don't do what I say, I'll turn you into a caterpillar, Odette. Just watch me.
  • [Rothbart's eyes transforms a canary bird into a caterpillar, Odette notices it and shocked]
  • Princess Odette: Oh, no.
  • Rothbart: Would you please stop crying for one minute? One of these days, you will have to forget about Siegfried. But I'm patient. I'm sure if I just wait to long enough you will finally give in and marry me.
  • [hears Siegfried's horse neighing, gasps]
  • Rothbart: What?
  • Princess Odette: Prince Siegfried!
  • Rothbart: [growling] That little runt! I've had enough of him!
  • Rothbart: No more Mr. Nice Guy, my little princess.
  • Odille: Good idea, don't you think?
  • Rothbart: No, that something I could never do ever in a million years. I could never do anything to hurt my beautiful Odette.
  • Odille: Ohh, how did you get to be such a softie? If you don't have the guts to do it, I'll do it for you!
  • Rothbart: No! And please, put that horrible thought out of your mind! I love her too much, Odille. Please...
  • [Odille cackling evilly]
  • Prince Siegfried: [sees that Rothbart is carrying Odette] What? Who are you? And how did you get into my castle?
  • Rothbart: [cackling] Just call me dad! Now, that you're planning to marry my daughter Odille!
  • Prince Siegfried: [turns to Odille] You mean he's your father?
  • Odille: I'm afraid he is.
  • Prince Siegfried: [turns back to Rothbart] You must be that evil sorcerer Rothbart!
  • Rothbart: Very smart. Now, Odette belongs to me!
  • [cackling evilly]
  • Prince Siegfried: But, if that's princess Odette, who do I just proposed to?
  • Odille: Well, I told you my name is Odille, didn't I?
  • [transforms back into normal, Siegfried gasps]
  • Odille: It's too late to be shocked, prince. You've already to given your solemn oath to marry me and till love me for the rest of your ever loving life.
  • Prince Siegfried: [turns to Odette] My princess!
  • [Odette opens her eyes and sees Prince Siegfried and turns away]
  • Prince Siegfried: No! Please forgive me, Odette!
  • Rothbart: [cackles] Forget it, Siegfried. She's my princess now.
  • [sees that Odette is waking up and turns to her]
  • Rothbart: You're waking up at last, Odette.
  • Princess Odette: [shoves Rothbart] Farewell, Prince Siegfried.
  • [runs away]
  • Princess Odette: If you really want to prove how much you love me. If you really want to prove it, then leave my room immediately. Because, you're the last person in the world I care to see.
  • [Rothbart began to angry, growling]
  • Rothbart: How dare you, how dare you say that! Odette, do you want to go to this Siegfried ball? Hmm? And do you think I let you go?
  • [he leaves out of her room]
  • Rothbart: And that you obviously don't know very much about Rothbart the Magnificent!
  • [chortling, opens and closes the door]
  • Rothbart: Ah! I know had solve my problem. I'll murder Prince Siegfried.
  • Odille: Murder the prince?
  • Rothbart: Yes. Once the prince is dead, she'll be so unhappy, she'll have to fall in love with me.
  • [chuckles]
  • Odille: Oh, that's brilliant, daddy. You are such a fabulous understanding human nature.

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