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Dr. Frederick Frankenstein

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein Quotes

Total quotes: 18

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein

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Total quotes: 18

“Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You know, I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump.

Igor: What hump?”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Surgeon, hump, deformity

“[following Igor's botched attempt to interpret Dr. Frankenstein's charade clues while being attacked by the monster] SEDA-GIVE?”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: sedative, Frustration

“Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Damn your eyes.

Igor: [to camera] Too late.”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: cockeye, Too Late, Damn

“Frau Blücher: Good night, Herr Doktor.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Good night, Frau Blücher. [horses whinny]”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: horses, whinny, good night

“ [to Inga from behind the bookcase] Put...the candle...back!”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: trapped, Patience

“[Froederick and Igor are exhuming a dead criminal]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What a filthy job.

Igor: Could be worse.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: How?

Igor: Could be raining. [it starts to pour]”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Rain, Bad Luck, could be worse

“Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Igor, help me with the bags.

Igor: [Imitating Groucho Marx] Certainly. You take the blonde, I'll take the one in the turban.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I was talking about the luggage.”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: bags, Women, Groucho Marx, blonde

“Igor: You know, I'll never forget my old dad. When these things would happen to him...the things he'd say to me.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What did he say?

Igor: 'What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night? Why don't you get out of there and give someone else a chance?'”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Dad, bathroom, unexpected

“Igor: Dr. Frankenstein...

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: 'Fronkensteen.'

Igor: You're putting me on.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, it's pronounced 'Fronkensteen.'

Igor: Do you also say 'Froaderick?'

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No... 'Frederick.'

Igor: Well, why isn't it 'Froaderick Fronkensteen?'

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It isn't; it's 'Frederick Fronkensteen.'

Igor: I see.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You must be Igor. [He pronounces it 'ee-gor']

Igor: No, it's pronounced 'eye-gor.'

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But they told me it was 'ee-gor.'

Igor: Well, they were wrong then, weren't they?”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Pronunciation

“Igor: What is this?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Schwartzwalder Kirschtorte.

The Monster: [off-screen] MMMMMMM!

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Oh, do you like it? I'm not partial to desserts myself, but this is excellent.

Igor: Who are you talking to?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: To you. You just made a yummy sound, so I thought you liked the dessert.

Igor: I didn't make a yummy sound, I just asked you what it is.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: But you did. I just heard it.

Igor: It wasn't me.

Inga: It wasn't me.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Well, now look here. If it wasn't you, and it wasn't you... [he asks himself]

The Monster: [off-camera] Mmmmmm!”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: dessert, Schwartzwalder Kirschtorte., yummy sound, Misheard

“Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [to The Monster] Hello, handsome. You're a good-looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you, people hate you, but why do they hate you? Because...they are jealous. Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. Do you wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a god. And listen to me, you are not evil. You...are...good. [the Monster starts to cry, and Dr. Frederick Frankenstein hugs him] This is a nice boy. This is a good boy. This is a mother's angel. And I want the world to know once and for all, and without any shame, that we love him. I'm going to teach you. I'm going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think. Together, you and I are going to make the greatest single contribution to science since the creation of fire.

Inga: [from outside] Dr. Fronkensteen! Are you all right!

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: MY NAME IS FRANKENSTEIN!”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: angel, good boy, reassurance, Shame, Handsome

“Medical Student: Isn't it true that Darwin preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extrordinary means, it actually began to move with voluntary motion?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Are you speaking of the worm or the spaghetti? [the class laughs]

Medical Student: Why, the worm, sir.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Yes, I did read something of that incident when I was a student, but you have to remember that a worm... with very few exceptions... is not a human being.

Medical Student: But wasn't that the whole basis of your grandfather's work? The reanimation of dead tissue?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: My grandfather was a very sick man.

Medical Student: But as a Fronkensteen, aren't you the least bit curious about it? Doesn't the bringing back to life what was once dead hold any intrigue to you?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind! Dead is dead!

Medical Student: But look at what has been done with hearts and kidneys...

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Hearts and kidneys are Tinker Toys! I am talking about the central nervous system!”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: reanimation, tinker toys, lunatic, dead tissue

“Inga: Werewolf!

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Werewolf?

Igor: There.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What?

Igor: There, wolf. There, castle.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Why are you talking that way?

Igor: I thought you wanted to.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No, I don't want to.

Igor: [shrugs] Suit yourself. I'm easy.”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Pronunciation

“[after failing to bring the creature to life]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Nothing.

Inga: Oh, Doctor, I'm sorry.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No. No. Be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace. [starts beating up the creature] Son of a bitch! Bastard! I'll get you for this! What did you do to me? What did you do to me?

Inga: Stop it! Stop that! Stop it! You'll kill him!

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I don't want to live. I do not want to live.

Igor: Quiet dignity and grace. [rolls eyes]

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Oh...mama...”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Anger, Science, Failure, dignity, Grace

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Boyfriend, violin, cigar, german accent

“Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [Reading from his grandfather's notebook] 'As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hindrance to my speed, I resolved therefore to make a being of a gigantic stature.' [pause] Of course. That would simplify everything.

Inga: In other vords: his veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Exactly.

Inga: He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That goes without saying.

Inga: Voof.

Igor: He's going to be very popular.”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: schwanzstucker, penis

“From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, 'I am man,' our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake. We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself.”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: Nature, Heavens, Earthquake, boldness, Death

“[first lines]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: If we look at the base of a brain, which has just been removed from the skull, there's very little of the mid-brain that we can actually see. Yet, as I demonstrated in my lecture last week, if the under aspects of the temporal lobes are gently pulled apart, the upper portion of the stem of the brain can be seen. The so-called 'brain stem' consists of the mid-brain, a rounded protrusion called the pons, and a stalk tapering downwards called the medulla oblongata, which passes out of the skull through the foramen magnum, and becomes, of course, the spinal cord. Are there any questions before we proceed?

Medical Student: I have one question, Dr. Frankenstein.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That's 'Fronkensteen'.

Medical Student: I beg your pardon?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: My name; it's pronounced 'Fronkensteen.'

Medical Student: But aren't you the grandson of the famous Dr. Victor Frankenstein who went into graveyards, dug up freshly buried corpses, and transformed dead components into...?

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Yes! Yes, yes! We all know what he did; but I'd rather be remembered for my own small contributions to science, and not because of my accidental relationship... to a famous... cuckoo. [the medical students laugh] Now if you don't mind, can we get on with your question?

Medical Student: Well, sir, I'm not sure I understand the distinction between reflexive and voluntary nerve impulses.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Very good. Since our lab work today is a demonstration of just that distinction, why don't we proceed? [Dr. Frankenstein rings a small desktop gong and two lab assistants wheel in an elderly man on a gurney] Mr. Hilltop here - with whom I have never worked, nor given any prior instructions to - has graciously offered his services for this afternoon's demonstration. Mr. Hilltop, would you hop up on your feet and stand beside this table? [Mr. Hilltop slowly steps down from the gurney] Nice hopping. Mr. Hilltop, would you raise your left knee, please? [Mr. Hilltop slowly raises his left knee] You have just witnessed a voluntary nerve impulse. It begins as a stimulus from the cerebral cortex, passes through the brain stem and to the particular muscles involved. Mr. Hilltop, you may lower your knee. [Mr. Hilltop lowers his left knee] Reflex movements are those which are made independently of the will, but are carried out along pathways which pass between the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. You fithy, rotten yellow son of a bitch! [Dr. Frankenstein puts his hand on Mr. Hilltop's right shoulder and hits Mr. Hilltop's left thigh with his left knee; the students gasp at Mr. Hilltop's involuntarily winces from Dr. Frankenstein's sudden move] We are not aware of these impulses, neither do we intend them to carry out our contraction of muscles; yet as you can see, they work by themselves. But what if we block the nerve impulse by simply applying local pressure? Which can be done with any ordinary metal clamp just at the swelling, on the posterior nerve roots... for oh say, five or six seconds. [Dr. Frankenstein puts the clamp on the back of Hilltop's neck and looks at his watch for a few seconds] Why, you mother-grabbing bastard! [Dr. Frankenstein gives Hilltop another knee hit to his left thigh, but this time he makes no involuntary reaction and is still standing up] As you can see, all communication is shut off. [whimpers in pain] In spite of our mechanical magnificence, if it were not for this continuous stream... of motor impulses, we would collapse like a bunch of broccoli! [Dr. Frankenstein removes the clamp from Hilltop's neck; Hilltop faints and moans while the students applaud] Ohh, ohh! In conclusion, it should be noted... [whispers to the intern] Give him an extra dollar.

Orderly in Frankenstein's Class: [whispers to Dr. Frankenstein] An extra dollar, yes sir.

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: That any more than common injury to the nerve root is always serious.

Mr. Hilltop: [Mr. Hilltop is carried out on a gurney] Ohh, ohh, ohhh!

Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Because once a nerve fiber is severed, there is no way in heaven or on earth to regenerate life back into it.”

— Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Young Frankenstein

Tagged: nervous system, neurology, Cuckoo

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