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“[Sarah is pushed onto the "black river", but lands straight up]
Sarah: 'Tis firm! 'Tis firm as stone!

Winifred Sanderson: Why, it's a road!”
— Sarah Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: road, Firm
“Sarah: I am alive!

Winifred Sanderson: Damn that boy, he's tricked us again.

Mary Sanderson: Oh, you're right, you're always right.

Winifred Sanderson: [Interjects] It's my curse, that and you two! Get off me, you thundering oafs!”
— Sarah Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: alive, tricked, oafs
“Dani: You're my kitty now. You'll have milk and tuna fish every day. And you'll only hunt mice for fun.

Voice of Thackery Binx: You're going to turn me into one of those fat, useless, contented house cats.

Dani: [giggles] You betcha.”
— Dani, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: kitty, tuna fish, Mice, house cats
“Max: [looking at the salt can] Well, what does it say?

Allison: Well, it says to form a circle of salt to protect from zombies, witches, and old boyfriends.

Max: And what about new boyfriends?”
— Max Dennison, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: magic spells, Witches, Old Boyfriends, zombies
“Winifred Sanderson: Don't get your knickers in a twist! We're just three kindly old spinster ladies.

Mary Sanderson: Spending a quiet evening at home.

Sarah: Sucking the lives out of little children! [Winifred chokes Sarah]”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Spinsters, knickers, Child Abuse
“[Exiting the clay oven where they were lured by a learn-to-speak French tape] Hello, I want my book. Bonjour, je veux mon livre.”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: french lessons
“Jay: [with a tree filled full of numerous rolls of toilet paper in the background] You want to smash some pumpkins?

Ernie 'Ice': No.

Jay: Well then, do you want to look in windows and watch babes undress?

Ernie 'Ice': It's 3am. They're undressed already.

Jay: [throws another roll of toilet paper] Well then, you think of something!

Ernie 'Ice': [grumpy eating candy] Look, I don't feel so hot.

Jay: It's because you're eating too much candy, you oinker! [hits Ice causing him to drop a piece of candy he was eating]”
— Ernie / 'Ice', Hocus Pocus
Tagged: candy, smashing pumpkins, voyeurism, Overeating
“Thackery's Father: Winifred Sanderson?

Winifred Sanderson: Yes?

Thackery's Father: I will ask thee one final time.

Winifred Sanderson: Yes?

Thackery's Father: What hast thou done with my son, Thackery?

Winifred Sanderson: Thackery? Hmm.

Thackery's Father: Answer me!

Winifred Sanderson: Well, I don't know. Cat's got my tongue. [Winifred, Mary, and Sarah laugh at her own joke as Binx angrily meows]

Winifred Sanderson: [thunder clash]”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Answer Me!, Cat Got Your Tongue
“Winifred Sanderson: Well, tell me friend, what is this contraption?

Bus Driver: I call it a bus.

Winifred Sanderson: A bus. And its purpose?

Bus Driver: To convey gorgeous creatures such as yourselves to your most...[cracks his knuckle] Forbidden desires.

Winifred Sanderson: [laughs] Well, fancy! We desire children.

Bus Driver: Hey, it may take me a couple of tries, but I don't think there's gonna be a problem.”
— Bus Driver, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Flirting, Reproduction
“My ungodly book speaks to you. On All Hallow's Eve, when the moon is round, a virgin will summon us from under the ground. Oh oh! We shall be back, and the lives of all the children of Salem will be mine! [All three witches cackle]”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Witches, Moon, Halloween, all hallow's eve, Salem
“Master's Wife: Okay that's it, party's over! Get out of my house!

Master: Now, pudding face.

Master's Wife: Shove it, Satan!

Sarah: Ooh. Thou mustn't speak to Master in such a manner.

Master: They call me Master.

Master's Wife: Wait 'til you see what I'm gonna call you. Now, tart-face, take your Clark bars and get out of my house!

Winifred Sanderson: Make us!
[the witches gather around her]

Master: Honeybunch.

Master's Wife: Ralph, sic 'em!

[the witches runs out of the house in fear]”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: party's over, Shove It, satan, sic 'em
“Sarah: What is this place?

Mary Sanderson: It reeks of children!

Winifred Sanderson: It is a prison for children.”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Children, Prison, reeks
“Master: They called me master.

Master's Wife: Oh, really? Well. wait until you see what I'm gonna call you!”
— Master, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Threats, Master, Dominance
“Allison: I like your costume, Dani.

Dani: Thank you! I really like yours, too. Of course, I couldn't wear anything like that because I don't have any. What do you call them, Max? Yabbos? [Max embarrassed nearly spits out the cider he's drinking] Max likes your yabbos. In fact, he loves them!”
— Allison, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: costume, compliments
“Unfaithful lover long since dead. Deep asleep in thy wormy bed. Wiggle thy toes, open thine eyes, twist thy fingers toward the sky. Life is sweet, be not shy. On thy feet. So sayeth I!”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Unfaithful, wormy
“Master's Wife: Aren't you broads a little old to be trick or treating?

Winifred Sanderson: We'll be younger in the morning.

Master's Wife: Yeah, sure, me, too.”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Old, Ageism, Broads, trick or treating
“Miss Olin: Poor Thackery Binx. Neither his Father nor his Mother nor the entire town ever knew what became of him those 300 years ago. And so, the Sanderson Sisters were hanged by the Salem town folk. Now, there are those who say that on Halloween Night, a black cat still guards the old Sanderson House, warding off any who might make the Witches come back to life.

Max: Give me a break.

Miss Olin: Ah ha. We seem to have a skeptic in our midst. Mr. Dennison, would you care to share your California, laid-back, tie-dye point of view?

Max: Okay. Granted that, uh, you folks here Salem are into all these, uh, black cats and witches and stuff...

Miss Olin: Stuff?

Max: Fine, but everyone here knows that Halloween was invented by the candy companies. It's a conspiracy.

Allison: It just so happens that Halloween is based on the ancient feast called All Hallow's Eve. It's the one night of the year where the spirits of the dead can return to Earth.

Max: In case Jimi Hendrix shows up tonight, here's my number.

Boy in Class: Max, fat chance.”
— Max Dennison, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: black cat, Tie dye, California, Jimi Hendrix, Halloween
“Winifred Sanderson: Sisters, All Hallow's Eve has become a night of frolic, where children wear costumes and run amok!

Sarah: Amok! [dances around] Amok, amok, amok, amok, amok. [Winifred punches Sarah in the stomach] Ugh!”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Halloween, frolicking, Dancing, costumes
“Come little children, I'll take thee away / Into a land of enchantment / Come little children, the times come to play / Here in my garden of magic.”
— Sarah Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: land of enchantment, Magic, Garden
“Winifred Sanderson: Twist the bones and bend the back.

Sarah, Mary Sanderson: Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca.

Winifred Sanderson: Trim him of his baby fat.

Sarah, Mary Sanderson: Itch-it-a-cop-it-a-Mel-a-ka-mys-ti-ca.

Winifred Sanderson: Give him fur black as black, just…

Mary Sanderson: Like…

Sarah: This!”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: magic spells, baby fat
“You know I’ve always wanted a child. And now I think I’ll have one…on toast!”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Cannibalism, Infanticide, Children
“I had to wait 300 years for a virgin to light a candle.”
— Thackery Binx (voice), Hocus Pocus
Tagged: virgin, Candle
“Why was I cursed with such idiot sisters?”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Cursed, Idiot, Sisters
“It’s a full moon tonight. That’s when all the weirdos are out.”
— Dani, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: full moon, Weirdos
“Max: We did it, Binx we stopped them!

Thackery Binx: I've wanted to do that for 300 years.. since they took Emily.

Max: You really miss her, don't you? Man, you can't keep blaming yourself for that. That happened so long ago.

Thackery Binx: Take good care of Dani, Max; you'll never know how precious she is until you lose her.”
— Max Dennison, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Miss you, take good care, don't know what you've got til it's gone
“Billy Butcherson: Go to hell!

Winifred Sanderson: Oh! I've been there, thank you. I found it quite lovely.”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Hell, Go to Hell
“Oh look, another glorious morning. Makes me sick!”
— Winifred 'Winnie' Sanderson, Hocus Pocus
Tagged: Morning, Sick
“Sally: [examining Jack in his newly finished Santa suit] You don't look like yourself, Jack. Not at all.

Jack Skellington: Isn't that wonderful? It couldn't be more wonderful!

Sally: [holds up the clipboard sketch of him] But you're the Pumpkin King!

Jack Skellington: Not anymore!
[breaks it over his knee] I feel SO much better now!

Sally: [pulling a loose thread from his cuff] Jack, I know you think something's missing, but—[accidentally catches his finger]

Jack Skellington: [lightly] Ow.

Sally: Sorry.

Jack Skellington: You're right. Something is missing. But what? I've got the beard...the coat...the boots...the belt...”
— Jack Skellington (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Santa Claus, pumpkin king
“Ashes to ashes and dust to dust! Ohh... I'm feeling weak—with hunger! One more roll o'the dice oughta do it! [places the dice in the skull shaker but receives a pair of ones] WHAT? SNAKE-EYES! [strikes the table hard enough to overturn them and get a larger number]”
— Oogie Boogie (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: Ashes to Ashes, dust to dust, snake eyes, dice
“J-J-J-Jack! But they said you were dead. You must be—double dead!”
— Oogie Boogie (voice), The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tagged: dead, double dead

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