Grim Fandango Dialog Transcript
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INT. Coat Check NIGHT


Manny
Evening, Lupe.

Lupe
Hi Manny!

Manny
Okay, back to work.

Lupe
OKAY!


EXT Dry Docks NIGHT


Manny
Hmmm... These bees don't seem too busy...

Manny
Demons can't be reaped.

Salvador
Manuel, I am sorry to hear that you have not heard from your Meche.

Salvador
You must be patient, and let your heart remain open.

Salvador
If it is meant to be, you will someday be reunited.

Manny
Ah, he still thinks I'm in love with her!

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
This key doesn't work there.

Manny
Ah, mean anything to you?

Terry
Ah, the Rusty Anchor--yeah we used to swarm that bar every night!

Terry
'Til the union shut 'em down, didn't like us all congregating like that or something...

Terry
Now if you want to have a drink in this town, you gotta have a black turtleneck and like bad poetry...

Terry
...or have a silk cummerbund and a taste for gold-flake liqueur!

Terry
No offense.

Manny
Busy bees.

Manny
Hey, why don't you guys lend me some tools so I can help out?

Manny
Demons can't be reaped.

Salvador
Manuel, we have found the head of the serpent!

Salvador
Using the computer access you provided us, we picked up a thread that lead us to the man who corrupted the Department of Death!

Salvador
His name is Hector LeMans.

Salvador
Once a small-time racketeer, he has grown fat and powerful by robbing the newly-dead.

Salvador
Watch out for the name Hector LeMans, Manuel, and be careful.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
This key doesn't work there.

Manny
I don't think that would shed any light on things.

Manny
I don't think that would shed any light on things.


EXT Track Lower Entrance NIGHT


Manny
Hmmm.

Manny
I don't want to mess up my blade.

Salvador
Dear Friend,

Salvador
Our movement now has true momentum, and our numbers are rapidly growing.

Salvador
Much of this is due to our communications and intelligence systems, both of which we owe to you.

Salvador
In light of your contributions, I would like to announce your promotion to SPECIAL Agent status.

Salvador
I, Salvador Limones, of the Lost Souls' Alliance, salute you Manuel Calavera.

Salvador
You are a great ally in this noble revolution.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
This key doesn't work there.

Manny
I don't think that would shed any light on things.


INT. Betting Area NIGHT


Manny
Hello?

Doug
Oh, hi!

Doug
Betting stub, please!

Manny
Oh...I...I don't have a betting stub.

Doug
Oh, okay!

Doug
Bye!

Manny
Anybody there?

Doug
I told ya, we don't give out the kitty hats 'til Tuesday!

Doug
Pffff!

Manny
I don't want to mess up my blade.

Salvador
Great news -- we've discovered a new, secret talent of our tiny messengers!

Salvador
We don't know how they do it, but these mysterious birds can actually find their targets...

Salvador
...JUST BY LOOKING AT A PHOTOGRAPH of the addressee.

Salvador
To celebrate, Eva has made them all little berets--I'll send you some pictures!

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
This key doesn't work there.

Manny
I don't think that would shed any light on things.

Manny
Well, maybe just a sip...

Manny
(smack) Ahhh...

Manny
It's empty.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
What was Nick doing with this key?

Manny
All that this paper says is, "No. 36 - The Rusty Anchor."

Manny
What is THAT supposed to mean?

Manny
Well, maybe just a sip...

Manny
(smack) Ahhh...

Manny
Anybody there?

Doug
I told ya, we don't give out the kitty hats 'til Tuesday!

Doug
Pffff!


INT. The Blue Casket NIGHT


Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
Well, maybe just a sip...

Manny
(smack) Ahhh...

Manny
...testing... testing...

Manny
I'd like to read another poem.

Slisko
Hssssss! Hssss!

Manny
Ignore me.

Manny
Why?

Manny
Wake.

Manny
Go, baby.

Manny
Exploooosion...bang.

Manny
Sing it, sister.

Manny
Ha!

Manny
Wake.

Manny
You said this to me in your sleep.

Manny
Can you see what I'm smelling?

Manny
...for what purpose?

Manny
CAN YOU HEAR ME SAYING NOTHING?

Manny
Confuse yourselves!

Manny
I can't bear it...

Manny
...pointlessness...

Manny
In the slaughterhouse of my soul...

Manny
The cracks in my skull...

Manny
Don't pet the cat that way.

Manny
I am sick, and in so being I am the healthy one.

Manny
The phone is for you.

Manny
Heh, heh, heh, I am not laughing out of joy.

Manny
...beauty, a roundness?

Manny
Or is it?

Manny
They, them.

Manny
Unify, rectify.

Manny
Confuse yourselves!

Manny
Like, pow!

Manny
...and what's worse...

Manny
Lugubrious.

Manny
Did you have pet names for each other?

Manny
I reach out...

Manny
Ske-bee bop, BOP! Ske-bee bop, BOP!

Manny
Nothing.

Manny
...bones... bones... bones...

Manny
You heard me.

Manny
Scooby da.

Manny
Dig this real.

Manny
Bee-bop.

Manny
Oneness.

Manny
Hurting.

Manny
Bee-bop.

Manny
Wake.

Manny
I ache.

Manny
Meaning!

Manny
Do it.

Manny
Alone.

Manny
Rise up!

Manny
The End

Slisko
Hssssss! Hssss!

Gunnar
Hssss!

Manny
Gracias! Muchisimas gracias.

Alexi
Hsssssss!

Alexi
Hsssssss!

Manny
Hi, what's your name?

Manny
Well, catch you later, hep chick.

Olivia
Keep practicing that lingo, Man, you'll get it!

Olivia
Again? Manny, my regulars are getting bored!

Olivia
Just one more time!

Olivia
Wind pierces my hull

Olivia
An iceberg, a needle.

Olivia
Sweet whispered nothings

Olivia
"Sail tonight!"

Olivia
A storm!

Olivia
This deathbed harbor.

Olivia
By love's rusty anchor,

Olivia
Forever moored.

Manny
I'm not sure what that means.

Olivia
Thanks.

Manny
Mind if I go in?

Olivia
You don't want to go in there.

Olivia
I haven't cleaned up yet.

Manny
...testing... testing...

Manny
I'd like to read another poem.

Slisko
Hssssss! Hssss!

Manny
Forgive these five sins...

Manny
Confuse yourselves!

Manny
Exploooosion...bang.

Manny
The End

Slisko
Hssssss! Hssss!

Gunnar
Hssss!

Manny
Gracias! Muchisimas gracias.

Alexi
Hsssssss!

Alexi
Hsssssss!

Manny
No room for that.

Salvador
Manuel, I am troubled by reports of you buying the automat and converting it into a night club.

Salvador
It's fine for you to be comfortable in Rubacava for your long stay, but I pray you haven't lost sight of the larger goals...

Salvador
It is not this world, but the next, in which our true glory lies.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
This key doesn't work there.

Manny
I don't think that would shed any light on things.


INT. Blue Casket Kitchen NIGHT


Manny
I don't want to squirt out all the hookah water here.

Manny
Let the waiter clean up after himself.

Manny
Not to sound like the capitalist oppressor, but I have people who do that for me now.

Manny
These plates are filthy.

Manny
Ooooh... food waste.

Manny
As soon as I think of a use for stinky food waste, I'll give it a shot.

Manny
I just got this one today:

Salvador
Beware Manuel, for you are in grave danger!

Salvador
Somehow rumor has spread on the streets of El Marrow of your presence in Rubacava.

Salvador
If this information reaches Hector LeMans, he surely will send his evil operatives after you.

Salvador
You must give up your search for Mercedes for the time being, and please...

Salvador
Be out of Rubacava on the next ship!

Manny
I think he's exaggerating the danger a little, but I do feel pretty stupid for putting my name on the big sign.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
This key doesn't work there.

Manny
I don't think that would shed any light on things.


INT. The Blue Casket NIGHT


Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Olivia
What are these? Who is Salvador Limones?

Manny
Olivia, what kind of revolutionary are you?

Olivia
Who said I was a revolutionary?

Olivia
Still, I should study up, it could impress the customers...

Manny
I'm keeping this little gold mine to myself.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I'm not using my union card for anything but getting on that boat!

Manny
This key doesn't work there.

Manny
So, what did you think of the poem?

Slisko
I liked it.

Slisko
It was sad and beautiful, like my mother.

Alexi
I despised it.

Alexi
It was too short and said nothing to me...

Alexi
...like my father.

Gunnar
I had no feelings about it.

Gunnar
It was aloof and licked itself too much...

Gunnar
...like my cat, Mr. Trotsky.

Manny
Hola!

Slisko
Oh, fade out.

Manny
Hey, can I borrow this book?

Alexi
No dice, Cummerbund.

Manny
"Labor Organization and Revolt... Made Easy!"

Manny
Hey, did I ever tell you guys that you remind me of my friend...

Manny
...SALVADOR LIMONES?

Slisko
Salvador Limones is a fairy tale, a spook story The Man tells the masses as he puts them to sleep...

Alexi
Idiot!

Alexi
Salvador Limones is very real, and a very great, great man.

Manny
He also writes a mean letter.

Alexi
What is this?

Alexi
"I Salvador Limones... salute you? Manuel Calavera?"

Gunnar
"A great ally in this noble revolution?"

Alexi
You really know Salvador Limones?

Alexi
What's he like?

Gunnar
Why didn't you tell us you were a freedom fighter, Manuel?

Manny
I can't talk about my underground gig, or I'd put the whole scene in dangerville.

Alexi
Wow.

Slisko
Heavy.

Manny
Hey, Ah-I gotta split, so um...

Manny
(Viva la Revolución!)

Alexi
Oh, man!

Manny
Would you cats mind if I dug on this book for a while?

Gunnar
Knock yourself out, brother.

Manny
Hey, did I ever tell you guys that you remind me of my friend...

Manny
...SALVADOR LIMONES?

Gunnar
We hear ya, Daddy!

Manny
"Labor Organization and Revolt... Made Easy!"

Manny
"Chapter One:"

Manny
"The workers shall control the means of production..."

Manny
Oooh, better not show this to Glottis.

Manny
Looks pretty dry. I'll save it for tonight when I'm trying to get to sleep.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.

Manny
I don't really want to do that.


EXT Dry Docks NIGHT


Manny
I think these are the words you're looking for.

Terry
The workers shall control the means of production...

Terry
The workers.... shall control the means of production! Yes! That's it!

Terry
That's what I've been trying to say!



(Terry is arrested for inciting a riot)


Terry
...who will stop the fat cats of industry from building these ships with the pollen of the exploited working class?

Terry
I say we fight back!

Manny
Yeah! ... sick 'n' tired ... Yeah! ... no more ... Yeah! Yeah!

Manny
Hmmmm. What's this? Maybe a bee agitator?

Terry
I say lay down your tools right now and show the man just who makes the honey around here!

Manny
... we're not gonna ... no way ... Yeah! ... isn't right ... Union! Union!

Manny
That does it!

Manny
Union! Union! Union!! Union!! UNION!!!

Manny
You know, I always thought bees came in two colors: yellow and black. But you look all red to me, my friend.

Terry
Ah! Hey! What are you doing? We've got the right to assemble peacefully!

Manny
Good. You're going to need a lot of assembly after we take you apart, comrade.

Terry
Manny! Get me a lawyer! Get me a lawyer!

Manny
Bogen? That's gonna make it tough to spring the kid and get him back out here...

Manny
...good thing I know a lawyer who owes me a favor.