Joaquin Phoenix: Kenai

Brother Bear

Kenai

[trying to break the news to Koda that he killed his mother]
Kenai: Koda, there's... something I ought to... you know that story you told me last night?
Koda: Yeah.
Kenai: Well, I have a story to tell you.
Koda: Really? What's it about?
Kenai: Well, it's kind of about a man... and kind of about a bear. But mostly, it's about a monster.

Koda: Mom says the spirits make all the magical changes in the world, like how the leaves change color, or how the moon changes shape, or tadpoles change into frogs...
Kenai: Yeah, I get it. You know, for a change, maybe they could just leave things alone.
Koda: What do you mean?
Kenai: My brother's a spirit, and if it wasn't for him, I... I wouldn't be here.
Koda: You have a brother up there? What happened to him?
Kenai: He was killed by a bea... by a monster.
Koda: What's your brother's name?
Kenai: Sitka.
Koda: Thanks, Sitka. If it weren't for you, I would have never met Kenai.
[lays down on the mammoth's tusks, sighs]
Koda: I always wanted a brother.

Kenai: Enough with the stories. I don't care about the time you and Binky found the world's biggest pine cone ever.
Koda: First of all, his name's Bucky, not Binky. And second, it wasn't a pine cone, it was a pine nut, and it was huge, even bigger than your fat head.

Denahi: Killing that bear won't make you a man.
Kenai: Oh, NOW you're trying to be wise?
Denahi: I'm trying to follow my totem. Why can't you do the same?
Kenai: You really think love has anything to do with being a man? A MAN wouldn't just sit here and do nothing.

[Kenai tells Denahi he wants to remain a bear to watch over Koda]
Kenai: But... Denahi...
Denahi: It's all right, Kenai. No matter what you choose, you'll always be my little brother.
[they hug and Kenai transforms back into a bear]
Denahi: Whoa... Did I say little?

Kenai: I was transformed into a bear, magically. I was lifted into the sky by my brother.
Tuke: Uh-huh.
Tuke: [fake cough] You're *crazy*!
Rutt: Gesundheit.
Tuke: [fake cough] No, a *fruitcake*!
Rutt: Are you okay?
Tuke: [fake cough] No, that *bear* over *there*! He's *crazy*!
Kenai: I'm not crazy!
Tuke: Who ever said you were? We understand. either.
Kenai: You do?
Tuke: Yeah, we're not really moose either.
Rutt: We're not?
Tuke: No, we're more... like squirrels.
Rutt: Oh, yeah. Beauty, eh? Well, he's a squirrel. I'm more of a pure-breed wolverine. Look at these cuspids. Rrrr!
Tuke: Give him some room.
Kenai: Why am I even talking to a couple of dumb moose?
Tuke: No, we're squirrels, eh?
Rutt: Wolverine.

[about receiving his totem]
Kenai: Yeah, I'll probably get, like, a sabretooth tiger for bravery, or strength, or greatness, you know, something that fits me...
Denahi: How about a mammoth for your fat head? Just make sure you get that basket tied up.
Kenai: Don't worry! No stupid bear's gonna get anywhere near this fish!
Denahi: Just tie it up.

[after Kenai got his totem "The Bear of Love"]
Denahi: THERE he is. Ha ha! Come here, lover boy.
[noogies him]
Kenai: Leave me alone.
Denahi: Aw, Kenai wait... I'm sorry.
Kenai: ...What?
Denahi: Your totem... I think it's really great.
Kenai: You do?
Denahi: Yeah. And I made you something...
Kenai: Really?
Kenai: [throws a band of flowers on his head] Now when you skip around loving everybody... you'll smell so sweet!
Sitka: WELL, isn't this nice. Instead of fighting you're giving each other flowers.
Denahi: Yeah. Isn't it lovely? He's so in touch with his totem already!
Sitka: Hey, dog breath, go take care of the fish.
Denahi: Sure.
[while prancing around throwing flowers]
Denahi: Kenai loves me, he loves me not. Kenai loves me, he loves me not...

Sitka: [to Kenai of Denahi] Hey, bonehead, just because his totem is wisdom doesn't mean he's wise. I mean, look at him.
Denahi: Kenai loves me, he loves me not...
[upsets a dog and backs away]
Denahi: Whoa.
Girls: Hi, Denahi.
Denahi: Uh, hi...
[he backs into the dog and gets bitten in the rear]
Kenai: Oooh.

[about hunters]
Koda: Why do they hate us, Kenai?
Kenai: We're bears.
Koda: So?
Kenai: So... you know how they are! They're... they're killers.
Koda: Wait a minute, who's the killers?
Kenai: Bears.
Koda: What? Which bears? I'm not like that, and you're not like that!
Kenai: Well, obviously not all bears, I mean, you're okay, but most bears... most bears will look for any excuse to attack a human.
Koda: But Kenai, *he* attacked *us*!

Kenai: You want to know what I did this year? I went on the longest, hardest, most exhausting journey I have ever been on, with the biggest pain in the neck I have ever met. Well, what do you expect from a little brother?
[noogies Koda]

Chipmunk: Well, they were right here a second ago, and now they're gone!
Second Chipmunk: [with stuffed cheeks] Yeah... that's really weird, huh?
Chipmunk: So, you're telling me YOU didn't eat 'em, and you have NO IDEA where they are?
Kenai: H-hey! You! You just talked!
Chipmunk: J-just... b-back away... real slow-like...
Kenai: How'd you DO that?
[the Second Chipmunk spits out a mouthful of acorns and they both run away]
Chipmunk: I KNEW you had them in there!

Kenai: Don't DO that!
Koda: Scared you, didn't I?
Kenai: There's scared... and then there's surprised.
Koda: And you were both! Whoa...
[he looks away for a second, hinting for Kenai to try. Kenai gives his best effort at roaring]
Koda: Nice try. Uh, you got a little spit right there...