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John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey, Bruno Campos, Terrence Howard, Jim Cummings, Keith David, Jenifer Lewis, Ritchie Montgomery, Anika Noni Rose, Michael-Leon Wooley, Paul Briggs, Jennifer Cody, and Don Hall in The Princess and the Frog (2009)

Michael-Leon Wooley: Louis

The Princess and the Frog

Michael-Leon Wooley credited as playing...

Louis

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  • Louis: Louis would give anything to play jazz with the big boys.
  • Prince Naveen: So why don't you?
  • Louis: Oh, I tried once.
  • [Flashback: Louis climbs onto a river boat and starts playing along with a band; he is screamed and shot at as he jumps back out]
  • Louis: It didn't end well.
  • [Louis gives Ray CPR using a straw]
  • Louis: You okay, little buddy?
  • Ray: Oh, I'm fine... but your breath done killed me to death!
  • Louis: You sure this is the right blind voodoo lady who lives in the boat in the tree in the bayou?
  • Ray: Pretty sure.
  • Tiana: Louis... Ray here says you've been taking us in the wrong direction.
  • Louis: I was... listen, I was confused by the topography and... the geography and choreography...
  • Ray: First rule of the bayou: never take directions from a gator.
  • Ray: [to Naveen and Tiana] Well you folks is goin' in the wrong direction. What kind of chucklehead told you to go this a way?
  • Louis: [Louis jumps out of the bush] I found a stick!
  • [Naveen and Tiana give him a blank stare]
  • Louis: [Gets a bur on his finger] Aah! Pricker bushes got me! Gator down! Gator down! I can feel the darkness closing in! So cold!
  • Ray: Just hold still, you big baby.
  • Louis: Aaah!
  • Ray: I ain't touched it yet.
  • [Tiana is rowing a raft out of reeds while Prince Naveen is lounging about, strumming a calming tune on a makeshift ukulele]
  • Tiana: [about rowing the raft] I could really use a little help.
  • Prince Naveen: [thinking Tiana means to change different music] Oh... Well, I'll play a little louder.
  • [Naveen strums an upbeat, jazzy tune. Unbeknowst to him, an alligator's eyes pops out of the water and narrows his eyes at him]
  • Tiana: [turning to face Naveen] How about a little less pickin' and a little bit more...
  • [Tiana sees something behind him and gasps. Naveen stops playing music]
  • Prince Naveen: What?
  • [Naveen looks up to see the gaping jaws of an alligator supposedly getting ready to eat him and Tiana. Naveen and Tiana scream and embrace one another...]
  • Louis: [excitedly] I know that tune!
  • [pulls out a trumpet]
  • Louis: ...Ripplemount Blues!
  • [Louis plays the same upbeat tempo Naveen was playing, with his trumpet]
  • Prince Naveen: [sees Louis playing the trumpet; excitedly] Hey! Hey! Play it, brother!
  • [Naveen drops a still startled Tiana, picks up his makeshift ukulele and plays music along side Louis's trumpet playing. They laugh in camaraderie]
  • [Louis has revived Ray by giving him CPR via a reed]
  • Louis: You alright there, lil' bug?
  • Ray: Oh, yeah I'm fine. But your breath nearly done me to death.
  • Louis: [points at a bur on his middle] You mind?
  • Ray: I gotcha covered, bro.
  • [Ray pulls out the bur. Louis heaves a sigh of relief]
  • Louis: Ah, Much abliged peewee! And... how about the other side?
  • [Louis turns around to reveal a lot more burs under his bottom]
  • Ray: [groans; chagrined] Oh...

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