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Jonathan Bailey, Freddie Highmore, Poppy Rogers, Jessica Claridge, and Alec Muggleton in Five Children and It (2004)

Alexander Pownall: Horace

Five Children and It

Alexander Pownall credited as playing...

Horace

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  • Cyril: Hello, Horace.
  • Horace: I was taught never to talk to strangers.
  • Cyril: But we're your cousins.
  • Horace: Yes, but you're strange.
  • Uncle Albert: Rule Three: Laundry three times a week. Very important, you know. The British Empire was built on clean pants. Clean pants and...
  • Horace: Mint sauce?
  • Uncle Albert: Don't be ridiculous, Horace. Rule four: Never, ever go into... the greenhouse.
  • Robert: The greenhouse.
  • Martha: These are the children I was telling you about. Your nephews and nieces.
  • Uncle Albert: Impossible. They're not due 'till Friday. Isn't that right, Horace
  • Horace: Yes, Father. Not due 'till Friday.
  • Robert: Today is Friday.
  • Uncle Albert: Can't be.
  • [sniffs]
  • Uncle Albert: Smell that. That's Thursday.
  • Robert: Horace, it's time we got to know one another.
  • Horace: No, it isn't.
  • Robert: I used to think that myself, but here we are. I'll start.
  • [walking into the basement]
  • Robert: Oh, great. Just what my day was missing. A tour of a dark smelly basement.
  • Horace: This is where I keep my monster collection.
  • Horace: Be careful. Don't get too close. You might get savaged.
  • Robert: By a dead star fish with an onion stuck on it.
  • Horace: It's not. It's called Megastarrium. And it's a monster. They're all monsters. Look!
  • Robert: That was scary. Very scary.
  • Robert: I was hoping you could teach me the more finer points of monster...
  • Horace: Monster Mastery.
  • Robert: Please?
  • Horace: You're in for a treat.
  • Horace: What are you whispering about? And what's it?
  • Horace: [after melting the doll in acid] Excellent!
  • Horace: I don't need friends, but I do need test subjects for my experiments.
  • Horace: I know you've got a secret, and when I catch you, I'll get it out of you.
  • Horace: Oh, Robert. You're just in time for the dissection.
  • Psammead: What a delicious monster collection you have.
  • Horace: Now I have you to complete it.
  • Horace: It can talk!
  • Psammead: You should hear me sing.

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