Caroll Spinney credited as playing...
Big Bird • Oscar • Bruno the Trashman
- Daddy Dodo: Excuse me, was there a big yellow bird on this plane?
- Big Bird: Well, only me.
- Mommy Dodo: [not catching on] Oh, too bad. Maybe he'll be on the next plane.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: Oh, Bird, this is goodbye. You're leaving Sesame Street.
- Big Bird: Well, I'm not really leaving. I'm just going away.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: Oh.
- Big Bird: Besides, as soon as I get to Ocean View, you can come and visit.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: I can?
- Big Bird: First thing, ol' pal. I wouldn't go if you couldn't come and visit.
- Miss Finch: Come on, Big Bird, you don't want to miss your plane.
- Maria: Just a minute. Give us a big hug, Big Bird.
- [they embrace]
- Maria: Don't forget to write.
- Big Bird: I won't, Maria.
- Count: Don't forget to count!
- Big Bird: Okay, Count.
- Bob: And don't forget to dress warmly, okay, Big Bird?
- Big Bird: I've got my muffler, Bob.
- Grover: Don't forget to breathe! In and out!
- Big Bird: I always do, Grover.
- Linda: [signs "Don't forget to read books"]
- Big Bird: I'll read every day.
- Cookie Monster: Oh, Bird, don't forget to eat!
- Big Bird: I won't, Cookie Monster.
- [Oscar comes slowly out of his trash can]
- Big Bird: Well, goodbye, Oscar.
- Oscar the Grouch: [surprised] What? Why, that's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
- Oscar the Grouch: [singing] Let this be the Grouch's cause: Point out everybody's flaws! / Something is wrong with everything, except the way I sing!
- Truck Driver: So you are the bird on the run.
- Big Bird: Oh, yeah, and I can't wait to get back to my real home on Sesame Street. I figure I can walk back there in, oh, about three hours.
- Truck Driver: Three hours?
- [shakes his head]
- Truck Driver: More like three weeks, buddy.
- Big Bird: Three weeks? Oh, no. I'll never get home!
- Truck Driver: Sure, you will. You've just got to keep going. Pick up your feet and follow your beak.
- Big Bird: Hey, I've got a great idea. Let's play make-believe. I'll be Snow White.
- Donnie Dodo: But you're not Snow White.
- Marie Dodo: You're bright yellow.
- Donnie Dodo: Yeah.
- Big Bird: [not choosing to notice this remark] And you could be the Seven Dwarves.
- Donnie Dodo: But we're not dwarves.
- Marie Dodo: We're birds.
- Big Bird: I said we just could make believe. You know, pretend? Uh, use your imagination.
- Donnie Dodo: Oh, okay. I'll pretend I'm Donnie.
- Marie Dodo: And I'll pretend I'm Marie.
- [Big Bird sighs with disgust]
- Big Bird: [to a truck of turkeys] Hey, fellas, can you give me a lift? Talk to who?
- [turns to see a man loading another crate of turkeys into the truck]
- Big Bird: Oh, say, you must be the driver.
- Truck Driver: Well, what can I do for you, big fella?
- Big Bird: Well, do you have room for just one more?
- Truck Driver: I don't take no riders. This here's a turkey truck.
- Big Bird: Oh well.
- [Then a thought hits him]
- Big Bird: But my friend Oscar always says that I'm a big turkey!
- Truck Driver: Well, I don't guess I can argue with that. Hop in.
- Miss Finch: You know, Big, you shouldn't be living here all alone.
- Big Bird: Well, I'm not all alone. Why, there's Gordon and Susan and...
- Miss Finch: But they're not birds like we are.
- Big Bird: I know, but they're nice people.
- Miss Finch: But you should have a home and a family.
- Big Bird: Well, I am home. I like it here on Sesame Street.
- Miss Finch: Wouldn't you like to be with your own kind? Wouldn't you like to live in a big, beautiful bird house with a nice bird family of your own? And a brother bird, and a sister bird, and a father bird, and a mother bird? And sing and play bird games all day long? Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?
- [Big Bird imagines life with a bird family]
- Big Bird: Gee, I think I'd like that!
- Miss Finch: Good! Because in a lovely city called Ocean View, Illinois, there's a fine feathered family waiting just for you!
- Big Bird: Really? Oh, when can I leave?
- Daddy Dodo: Who's Mr. Sniffuplaga
- [struggles with the name]
- Daddy Dodo: Sniffleblguh
- Big Bird: Snuff-Snuffleupagus.
- Daddy Dodo: Yeah.
- Big Bird: Well, he's my best friend.
- Mommy Dodo: What kind of a bird is he?
- Big Bird: He's not a bird. He's a Snuffleupagus.
- [the Dodos laugh]
- Donnie Dodo: Snuffle-guppy-gus.
- Daddy Dodo: But your best friend should be a bird.
- Big Bird: Why?
- Mommy Dodo: Because you're a bird. Isn't that right, Daddy?
- Daddy Dodo: That's right, Mommy. And you should be with your own kind: birds.
- Mommy Dodo: You'll find lots of birds your own age.
- Daddy Dodo: And make some new best friends. Now come on out and hunt for worms.
- Big Bird: But I don't want to hunt for worms! I want Snuffy to come and visit! And if he can't come and visit, I don't want to be here anymore! I want to go home!
- Mommy Dodo: But you ARE home!
- Floyd: You're the biggest chicken I've ever seen.
- Big Bird: Oh, I'm not a chicken actually. I'm a bird on the run.
- Ruthie: Oh yeah. Floyd, he's the bird on TV who ran away.
- Big Bird: Oh, I didn't run away. I'm going back to my real home on Sesame Street where I belong.
- [yawns]
- Ruthie: Are you tired?
- Big Bird: Well, maybe a little. I sure wish I had a place to sleep.
- Ruthie: Have you ever slept in a barn?
- Big Bird: [looking toward the barn] Hmm.
- Big Bird: Gee. There's still no sign of Sesame Street. Nothing but amber waves of grain. I think I'm lost. What'll I do? I wish Snuffy were here. Then I'd be lost with my best friend.
- [at that moment, a mirage-like image of Snuffy appears in the field]
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: Hello, Bird.
- Big Bird: Snuffy? I thought I'd never see you again! I can hardly see you now.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: That is because you are imagining me, Bird.
- Big Bird: Oh. Well, it's so good to almost see you. I suppose a hug is out of the question, you being imaginary right now.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: You could imagine that we're hugging, Bird.
- Big Bird: That's right. How brilliant. Here it comes.
- [Big Bird and Snuffy try to hug, but keep passing through each other]
- Big Bird: Oh, I'm afraid this isn't working, Snuffy. For hugging, you need the real thing.
- Mr. Snuffleupagus: Don't worry, Bird. We can hug for real when you get back to Sesame Street.
- Big Bird: ''If'' I ever get back to Sesame Street. But I will.
- Oscar the Grouch: [driving into a junkyard] This is where I wanna be - grouch paradise! Just look it at. It's like a work of art.
- Telly Monster: It is different, Maria.
- Maria: Oscar, I want you to turn this car around right now and head for Toadstool!
- Oscar the Grouch: Ah, an angry face in a beautiful place - heaven.
- Big Bird: Say, there's a lady named Miss Finch who's chasing me and, uh, do you mind if I hide in your fun fair?
- Sam Sleaze: Why, no, not at all. We have the perfect place for you to hide. Right here in our hiding cage.
- [Locks him up]
- Sam Sleaze: You'll be safe here.
- Sid Sleaze: Yeah, real safe.
- Big Bird: Gee, thanks.
- [Sid and Sam laugh]
- Sam Sleaze: Let's go!
- Big Bird: Ha, ha, ha! Oh, gee, I sure am a lucky bird.
- [first lines]
- Grouch Anthem Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen, would you please rise for the Grouch Anthem.
- Oscar the Grouch: No, no, no! With the Grouch Anthem, you stay sitting down! Down in front there!
- Oscar the Grouch: [after the Grouch Anthem] Well, anyway, you've seen the best part of this movie, so sit back, relax, and have a rotten time!
- Miss Finch: Are you all right, Big? You are Big Bird?
- Big Bird: [looking himself over] Yeah, I guess I am.
- Miss Finch: [facing the camera] This is worse than I thought!