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The Best Quotes From 'Young Frankenstein'
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1292 VOTESWhat Knockers
[Frankenstein, Igor and Inga in front of HUGE castle doors]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What knockers.
Inga: Oh, thank you doctor.
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2275 VOTESWhat Hump?
Dr. Frankenstein: You know, I don't mean to embarrass you, but I'm a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump.
Igor: What hump?
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3320 VOTESPronounced Eye-Gor
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.
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?
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4329 VOTESAbby Normal
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Now... that brain that you gave me... was it Hans Delbruck's?
Igor: [Crosses arms] No.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [Holds up hand] Ah. Good. Uh... would you mind telling me... whose brain... I did put in?
Igor: And you won't be angry?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: I will not be angry.
Igor: Abby...someone.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Abby someone? Abby who?
Igor: Abby Normal.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Abby Normal?
Igor: I'm almost sure that was the name. [Chuckles]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Are you saying... that I put an abnormal brain... into a 7 and a half foot long... 54- inch wide... [Grabs Igor by throat] Gorilla!? [Strangling Igor]Is that what you're telling me?!
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5231 VOTESVoof
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: For the experiment to be a success, all of the body parts must be enlarged.
Inga: His veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Precisely.
Inga: [her eyes get wide] He vould have an enormous schwanzschtücker.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [ponders this a moment] That goes without saying.
Inga: Voof.
Igor: He's going to be very popular.
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6128 VOTESA Hunch
[While examining a shelf of dead, disembodied heads, they come across Igor]
Igor: [singing] I! I ain't got nobody, and nobody cares for me. [scatting]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Igor!
Igor: Frodrick!
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: How did you get here?
Igor: Through the dumbwaiter. I heard the strangest music from the upstairs kitchen and I just... followed it down. Call it... a hunch. Ba-dum SHI!
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7173 VOTESThe Candle
Dr. Frankenstein: Put... the candle... back!
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8144 VOTESI Think I Love Him
Elizabeth: (after relations with the monster) Oh. Where you going?... Oh, you men are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones and then you're out with the boys to boast and brag. You better keep your mouth shut! Oh... I think I love him.
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9174 VOTESThe Secret
Inga: You know, there's something I've been meaning to ask you. In the transference, the monster got part of your wonderful brain. But what did you ever get from him?
[Dr. Frederick Frankenstein moans suggestively and approaches her in bed]
Inga: [gasping] Oh my goodness, I don't believe... [emits several somewhat painful-sounding moans and grunts] [singing] Oh, sweet mystery of life, at last I've found you! At last, I know the secret of it all!
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10182 VOTESI'm Easy
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.
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11160 VOTESGive Someone Else A Chance
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?"
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12108 VOTESDismissed
Student: Dr. Frank... [Dr. Frankenstein gives him a look] Fronkensteen.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Yes?
Student: Isn't it true that Darwin preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case until, by some extraordinary means, it actually began to move with a voluntary motion?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Are you speaking of the worm or the spaghetti?
Student: Why the worm, sir.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Yes, it does seem I read something about that incident when I was a student. But, you got to remember that a worm, with very few exceptions, is not a human being.
Student: But wasn't that the basis of your grandfather's work? The reanimation of dead tissue?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [Getting annoyed] My grandfather was a very sick man.
Student: But as a [air quotes] Fronkensteen, aren't you the least curious about it? Doesn't bringing back to life what was once dead hold any intrigue for you?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [Getting more annoyed] You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind. Dead is dead!
Student: But look at what has been done with hearts and kidneys!
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [Raising voice] Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys! I'm talking about the central nervous system!
Student: But sir...
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [Shouting] I am a scientist, not a philosopher! You have more chance of reanimating this scalpel than you have of mending a broken nervous system!
Student: But what about your grandfather's work, sir?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: My grandfather's work was doodoo! I am not interested in death! The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of life! [jams the scalpel into his leg, lets go of the scalpel and it sticks upright out of his leg, grasps it again, then slowly crosses his legs to block the scalpel from view] Class... is... dismissed.
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1383 VOTESMy Name Is
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Love is the only thing that can save this poor creature, and I am going to convince him that he is loved even at the cost of my own life. No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open this door or you will undo everything I have worked for. Do you understand? Do not open this door!
Inga: Yes, Doctor.
Igor: [sarcastically] Nice workin' with ya.
[Dr. Frankenstein enters the Monster's cell, accidentally bumping into a table. The Monster awakens, roaring with rage. Panicking, Dr. Frankenstein turns back to the door.]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Let me out. Let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. [Turns to the Monster, then back to the door] What's the matter with you people? I WAS JOKING! Don't you know a joke when you hear one? [Sarcastically] HA HA HA! [Begins pounding on the door; outside, Frau Blūcher stops Inga and Igor from trying to open the cell.] Jesus Christ, let me out of here! Open this goddamn door or I'll kick your rotten heads in! MOMMY!!!
Frau Blucher: [blocking the door as Inga and Igor again try to open the cell] Nein!
[The Monster roars, shrugging off its chains. Dr. Frankenstein turns back to the Monster, deciding a different approach...]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Hello, handsome! [The Monster looks momentarily wrong-footed] 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. 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!!!
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1468 VOTESOvaltine?
Frau Blücher: Would the doctor care for a... brandy before retiring?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No. Thank you.
Frau Blücher: Some varm milk... perhaps?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: No... thank you very much. No thanks.
Frau Blücher: Ovaltine?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: NOTHING! Thank you! I'm a little - tired!
Frau Blücher: Then I vill say... goodnight, Herr Doctor.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Goodnight, Frau Blücher.
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1589 VOTESRoll In Ze Hay
Inga: Hallo. Vould you like to have a roll in ze hay? [Dr. Frankenstein stutters] It's fun. [She begins to roll in the hay] Roll, roll, roll in ze hay.
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1695 VOTESDignity And Grace
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [after failing to bring the creature to life] 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 B*TCH B*STARD! 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 don't want to live!
Igor: (To the audience) Quiet dignity and grace.
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Oh... mama...
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1769 VOTESTouched Your Food
Inga: You haven't even touched your food. [Frederick explodes and slaps on his food]
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: There. Now I've touched it. Happy?
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1888 VOTESThird Switch
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Throw... he third switch!
Igor: [shocked] Not the third switch!
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1958 VOTESVe Had Vun
Inspector Kemp: A riot is an ungly thingk... undt, I tink, that it is chust about time ve had vun.
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2047 VOTESI Am Man
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: 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.
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2143 VOTESNormally
Igor: Where are you going?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: To wash up. I've got to look normal. [his bowtie pops open] We've all of us got to behave normally.
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2259 VOTESRisking Our Lives
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: Have all the preparations been made for the transference?
Inga: Yes, doctor.
Igor: Are you sure you want to go through with this?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: It's the only thing that can save him now.
Igor: You realize you're risking both your lives?
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: [plays a sour note] Yes.
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2364 VOTESDestiny
Dr. Frankenstein: I am not a Frankenstein. I'm a Fronkensteen. Don't give me that. I don't believe in fate. And I won't say it. [pauses] All right, you win. You win. I give. I'll say it. I'll say it. I'll say it. DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME! DESTINY! DESTINY! NO ESCAPING THAT FOR ME!
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2443 VOTESPeople Have Hated Me
Frankenstein's Monster: For as long as I can remember, people have hated me. They looked at my face and my body and they ran away in horror. In my loneliness I decided that if I could not inspire love, which was my deepest hope, I would instead cause fear! [looks down at the unconscious Dr. Frankenstein] I live because this poor, half-crazed genius has given me life. He alone held an image of me as something beautiful. And then, when it would have been easy enough to stay out of danger, he used his own body as a guinea pig to give me a calmer brain and a somewhat more sophisticated way of expressing myself.
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2544 VOTESMusic Room
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: What is this place?
Igor: Music room? [plucks violin string]
