The Worst Witch (1986 TV Movie)

Anna Kipling: Ethel Hallow

Quotes 

• [after Mildred gets in trouble for escaping the school] 

  Ethel Hallow : [laughs, singsong]  Mildred's going to get it right between the eyes.

  Maud Warlock : What are you so happy about?

  Ethel Hallow : My broomstick - it did the trick.

  Maud Warlock : What are you talking about?

  Ethel Hallow : She just couldn't handle it. Oh, never mind, just forget about it.

  Maud Warlock : [suspiciously]  Handle what?

  Ethel Hallow : [irritated, the other girls gather around]  Never mind.

  Maud Warlock : [angrily points at her]  You put a curse on her!

  Ethel Hallow : Don't be ridiculous.

  Maud Warlock : It was you all along! You're always picking on Mildred, but this time, you've ruined it for all of us!

  Ethel Hallow : I don't know what you're talking about!

  Maud Warlock : [furiously]  You evil-hearted, mean-spirited, no-good, rotten PIG!

• Ethel Hallow : You sure you know how to play Terror Tag?

  Mildred Hubble : Everyone knows how to play Terror Tag.

  Ethel Hallow : You're not everyone.

• Ethel Hallow : How dare you say I smell?

• Ethel Hallow : [after asking Mildred if she knew how to play Terror Tag]  I choose... Bubbles.

• Maud Warlock : [At the lunchroom, Mildred and Maude are looking at a portrait of the Grand Wizard]  Oh, I think I'm in love.

  Mildred Hubble : He makes me feel all squishy inside.

  [they giggle] 

  Mildred Hubble : Don't you ever worry that you're just not cut out to be a witch?

  Maud Warlock : Oh, no. My family were all witches. I never doubted for a moment that I'd be one too. Stop worrying, it only makes things worse.

  Mildred Hubble : I don't worry, I question. My mother always wanted to be a witch. But she didn't have the gift. It's not that I want to be the best. I'm just so tired of being the worst.

  Ethel Hallow : Don't look so gloomy. You're doing fine, really you are.

  [They sit at a table with Ethel and her friends] 

  Ethel Hallow : Oh look out girls, it's Mildred, the disaster area.

  Maud Warlock : [to Mildred]  Don't listen to her.

  [to Ethel] 

  Maud Warlock : You shut up Ethel Hallow.

  [Ethel and her friends laugh, then while Maude isn't looking Ethel throws a piece of bread into her water] 

  Maud Warlock : Who threw that?

  Ethel Hallow : Mildred Hubble, you messy little witch. I've got a three year old brother who's neater than you.

  Maud Warlock : Oh, shut up Ethel.

  [to Mildred] 

  Maud Warlock : Do you want some more blood juice, Mil?

  Mildred Hubble : Yes, please.

  [Maude goes over to another table gets a pitcher of water and comes back. As she does Mildred gets up suddenly and bumps into her, knocking another girl off the bench and spilling water everywhere. Mildred looks down at the girl on the floor and the girl holds up a hand that looks like it's covered in blood] 

  Mildred Hubble : Oh my goodness! She's bleeding! Oh my goodness! She's bleeding, she's bleeding!

  [Maude reaches for the end of the table and holds up an open container of ketchup. Mildred looks sheepish] 

  Ethel Hallow : Mildred Hubble, the disaster area.

  [laughs; Pretty soon the entire lunchroom is laughing] 

• Mildred Hubble : You cheated!

  [All the other girls come out of hiding. The reds are excited that they won] 

  Maud Warlock : Mil, what's the matter?

  Mildred Hubble : She cheated, she wore a mask.

  Ethel Hallow : What mask?

  [goes to stand with the other girls] 

  Ethel Hallow : Oh, you're such a bad loser.

  Mildred Hubble : You better watch out, Ethel.

  Ethel Hallow : Watch out? Is that a threat?

  Mildred Hubble : You better shut up, or I'll... I'll...

  Ethel Hallow : You'll what?

  Mildred Hubble : Or I'll turn you into a frog.

  Ethel Hallow : A frog? You... turn me...

  [laughs, and the other girls on the red team join her] 

  Ethel Hallow : You don't even know the beginners spell's let alone one's like that. No, you're just like that ridiculous kitten of yours, a total misfit. Go on then, turn me into a frog, I dare you.

  Maud Warlock : Come on, Mil, you can do it.

  Ethel Hallow : What you waiting for, smarty pants?

  Mildred Hubble : Munga Munga munga moose. Fingus, fingus, finga voo Mephastopholis Mrs. Magoo.

  Ethel Hallow : What're you waiting for?

  Mildred Hubble : Double trouble I'm not through. Um, tum, ugly face a goblin's peer.

  Ethel Hallow : Pathetic.