Grim Fandango (1998 Video Game)

Alan Blumenfeld: Glottis

Quotes 

• [talking about the car] 

  Glottis : There was a high-pitched whining noise. Kinda grating, you know? I couldn't nail it down. It only stopped when I pulled up here.

  Velasco : What was it? The blower?

  Glottis : Nah. It was Manny, screaming like a cat tied to a cruise missile.

• Manuel Calavera : Glottis... Glottis... is that a German name?

  Glottis : Oh, no. My roots lie not in any Earthly nation's soil. I am an elemental spirit summoned up from the Land of the Dead itself and given one purpose, one skill, one desire... TO DRIVE. Or, to change oil or adjust timing belts if no driving jobs are open.

• Glottis : Manny, until now we scraped along the ground like rats, but from now on, we soar. Like eagles. Yeah. LIKE EAGLES... ON... POGO STICKS.

• [Glottis has been kicked out of the V.I.P. Gambling Club] 

  Glottis : You gotta let me back in. I'm a V.I.P...

  Manuel Calavera : Does that stand for Very Inebriated Pianist?

• Glottis : Is there an engine that can resist the love in these hands?

• [Glottis soups up a DOD car] 

  Manuel Calavera : Glottis. Are you loco? What got into you? That was a company car.

  Glottis : Oh yeah. And it's even better company now. Hop in.

• [Manny and Glottis are stranded at the bottom of the ocean] 

  Glottis : [loud and ominous]  BEWARE, brave Captain. Here in the darkest depths of the Sea of Lament dwell the most horrible monsters of all, the fearsome murky demons of the deep will swallow you whole the instant you leave this pool of light. Heed my warning, or take one step forward and learn for yourself...

  Manuel Calavera : All right, all right, I believe you. Just quit it with the creepy spirit-of-the-land voice, huh?

• [Meche, Manny and Glottis have recovered the Double-N tickets] 

  Meche Colomar : You can count 'em if you want. They're all here.

  Gate Keeper : [to Manny]  How about yours?

  Manuel Calavera : The company gave me one on the other end; sort of a retirement present. And, uh... demons ride free, right?

  Glottis : Aw, Manny. You know I can't go with ya. I'm a Spirit of the Land and all that. I can't ever leave this world.

  Manuel Calavera : [sadly]  I guess I got so wrapped up in saving people, I just assumed I'd be able to save you, too.

  Glottis : [brightly]  Yeah, but I don't *need* to be saved. I like it here. I'm not all alone in that basement anymore, thanks to *you*. I got a new job, and all these new friends. I'm a big demon success story.

• [Manny offers an oily rag to a dying Glottis] 

  Manuel Calavera : Here, carnal, get a whiff of this.

  [Glottis sniffs at the oily rag] 

  Glottis : [weakly]  Ooh, that's nice. Make sure... to lay some of those on my grave, will ya Manny?

• [Manny tries to induce Glottis into vomiting] 

  Manuel Calavera : So, what IS that stuff they pack canned hams in, anyway?

  [Glottis gets nauseous and vomits profusely] 

  Manuel Calavera : Good show, my friend.

  Glottis : [sheepish]  You wouldn't happen to have a breath mint on you, I suppose?

• [Manny looks at the domino booby trap trapped in a frozen gel] 

  Manuel Calavera : A parade of bones, trapped in a suspended state... Kind of a metaphor for all of us if you really think -...

  Glottis : [panicked]  JUST DEFUSE THE BOMB, MANNY.

• [Manny looks at the booby trapped Bone Wagon] 

  Manuel Calavera : Soon to be known as "the Blown Wagon."

  Glottis : [panicked]  HEY. THAT'S NOT FUNNY.

• Manuel Calavera : It's hard to really panic while you're wearing that little sailor suit.

  Glottis : [Terrified]  NO IT'S NOT!