Magda Szubanski credited as playing...
Esme Hoggett
- Country Woman: [hearing on TV that A. Hoggett and his entry Pig about to perform on the sheepdog trial] Is that Hoggett?
- Country Woman: I think it was.
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: Huh?
- Valda: He said Hoggett. It was clear as a bell.
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: Well, must be another Hoggett. We only have the two dogs and they certainly... aren't...
- [the country women stare at Esme who then rolls her eyes in exasperation]
- Son-in-Law: Hey, hey, Dad says his little porker's a watchpig.
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: Dearie me! If it's not a duck that thinks it's a rooster, it's a pig that thinks it's a dog!
- [everyone laughs as Rex grows jealous]
- Son-in-Law: 'A pig that thinks it's a dog'!
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: Are you doing him tonight then?
- Farmer Hoggett: Mmm.
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: Good. The blood'll drain by morning.
- Farmer Hoggett: Pity...
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: What's that?
- Farmer Hoggett: Nothing.
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: What on Earth are you babbling on about?
- Farmer Hoggett: ...Shame, to miss out on the best ham prize at next year's fair, is all. Nice plump haunches he's getting... Beautiful. Still... silly to wait, I suppose.
- [Esme stares at him]
- The Hoggetts' granddaughter: [opens her present to reveal the beautiful dollhouse Mr. Hoggett made; begins crying] Wwwwaaaaaahh!
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: Oh, what's wrong, dear?
- The Hoggetts' granddaughter: [sobs] It's the wrong one. I WANT THE HOUSE I SAW ON THE TELEVISION!
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: [consoles her] Oh, there, there.
- [Babe, having entered the butcher shed by mistake, sees Ferdinand, covered in yellow paint and flecks of dirt]
- Babe: Ferdinand! Everyone's been looking for you!
- Ferdinand: Shh!
- Babe: [talks softly] What is this place?
- Ferdinand: [whispers] What's happening out there?
- Babe: Well, Rex isn't very happy. Boy, all these new rules! See, I'm not allowed to--oops!
- Ferdinand: Not allowed to what?
- Babe: [remembering Rex to not talk to Ferdinand, mumbles with his mouth closed] Allowed to speak to you.
- Ferdinand: Huh?
- Babe: [muffled still] Allowed to speak with you.
- Ferdinand: What?
- Mrs. Esme Hoggett: [faintly] Pig, pig, piggy!
- Ferdinand: [panics hearing her] You didn't see me, all right?
- Babe: And--and I didn't see you, all right? Oops.
- [Babe runs out of the shed]