Boy Meets World (TV Series)
If You Can't Be with the One You Love... (1998)
Ben Savage: Cory Matthews
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Quotes
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Shawn Hunter : [pointing at the whiskey bottle] Is that yours?
Cory : This was given to me when I stole it from my father.
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Cory : I always thought that Topanga was the one person I could never live without. But she's gone, and, and you're here, and I'm alive, so it must be you!
Shawn Hunter : I'd take a bullet for you.
Cory : Shawnie, I love you!
[hugs him]
Shawn Hunter : Yeah, I love you too Cory, and I'm not ashamed.
[homeless man stares at them]
Shawn Hunter : Now I'm ashamed.
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Shawn Hunter : Nobody wants to be around Cory the downer. Three... two... one...
[Cory bursts into tears, right on cue]
Cory : Including you?
Shawn Hunter : I'm getting there.
[Shawn walks out on Cory]
Cory : Shawn, listen, you think I like myself like this, I don't! Okay? I don't blame everyone for not wanting to be around me. I don't wanna around me either. I'm done with me.
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Shawn Hunter : [to Cory] Topanga's handling this breakup with dignity while you, Norton, are a train wreck.
Cory : I'm dignified.
Shawn Hunter : You burst into tears every three, two, one...
Cory : [getting tearful] Stop exaggerating!
Shawn Hunter : [while holding up a hankerchief] Cory! Who carries these things around? What did you do? Dig up your grandfather and pick his pocket?
Cory : It's Grandpa Poppy. He always had seeds in his teeth and that's why we called him Poppy.
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Cory : [after Cory brings Shawn back to his apartment after he gets kicked out of school and Shawn takes a can of beer out of the fridge] Are you kidding me?
Shawn Hunter : I'm sorry. Did you want one?
Cory : You get kicked out of class, you fight me all the way home, you puke on my shoes and you still want another beer?
Shawn Hunter : Why don't you go home, Cory the monitor?
Cory : You know what, I... I could've sworn we agreed to stop drinking.
Shawn Hunter : Yeah, well, I've been drinking all week and you haven't noticed a thing.
Cory : You've been drinking all week?
Shawn Hunter : Yeah. See, I'm doing this for you. You're worried about me, you stop thinking about Topanga. By the way, you know, she's getting out of school right about now. Why don't you go across the street from her and cry?
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Jack Hunter : [to Shawn after catching him drinking] What are you doing?
Shawn Hunter : It's a beer! What's the big deal here?
Cory : We got drunk at a party the other night. I think he might've liked it a little too much.
Jack Hunter : Yeah, well, a beer's a big deal for us.
Shawn Hunter : Oh, goody, goody. Now I get the lecture from the big brother who I've known all of six months.
Jack Hunter : You don't have a clue, do you?
Shawn Hunter : About what?
Jack Hunter : About Dad!
Shawn Hunter : Yeah, Dad used to drink and then he stopped. Next?
Jack Hunter : You know why he stopped drinking?
Shawn Hunter : Because he ran out of money?
Jack Hunter : You know why my mom left him?
Shawn Hunter : 'Cause she went for a guy with more money?
Jack Hunter : She left him because he was an abusive, ugly drunk.
Shawn Hunter : Don't you ever talk about my dad!
[he and Jack start fighting with each other]
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Cory : After the other night, Shawn, I feel like I can never drink again.
Topanga Lawrence : You were drinking?
Shawn Hunter : Yeah. What do you figure that was about? I wonder!
Cory : You know what, Shawn? Shut up. Okay? We agreed to stop drinking. I have. You obviously haven't.
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Cory : [to Topanga] And by the way, I happen to have been an adorable drunk. You should have seen me.
Topanga Lawrence : I did. You weren't and this isn't about us.
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Cory : Hey, hey. I was gonna put flowers in that and present to Armanga as a token of my steam.
Shawn Hunter : Wait a minute, Cory.
Cory : What?
Shawn Hunter : You just called her Armanga.
Cory : No, not our Manga. My Manga.
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Alan Matthews : [after Alan brings home Cory and Shawn after they were arrested by the police for drinking] So, how's it feel to put one over on your parents? You feel good?
Cory : No.
Alan Matthews : I cannot believe that my kid stole liquor from my cabinet, like... well, like somebody else's kid!
Amy Matthews : Have they been charged with anything? Are they gonna have a record?
Alan Matthews : No, the charges were dropped because they are juveniles and there was no prior arrest.
Amy Matthews : Cory, this isn't you.
Alan Matthews : No, of course it isn't!
Alan Matthews : [eyes at Shawn]
Alan Matthews : Somebody influenced him, didn't someone?
Amy Matthews : Alan.
Cory : No, Dad, okay? You're completely wrong. I did this completely on my own.
Alan Matthews : Come on. You're covering up for Shawn, like you always do.
Cory : No. I'm not. In fact, I'm the one who got him to drink.
Shawn Hunter : No. No, no, no. Stop protecting me, Cory. Yeah, you know how lousy he's been feeling. Well, he wanted to feel good and I showed him how.
Cory : Shawn, what are you doing?
Alan Matthews : I am sick and tired of overlooking the influence you have on my kid.
Amy Matthews : Alan, that's enough. Come into the other room. I want to talk to you.
Alan Matthews : That's probably a good idea.
[he and Amy leave the kitchen]
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Cory : Listen, Shawn, why are you taking the rap for me?
Shawn Hunter : Because your dad's right, Cory. All my life, you've had my back. Just let me take the heat this time.
Cory : But I'm the one who got us into trouble.
Shawn Hunter : I'm not in any trouble. You are. People expect this from me. I'm the screw-up. You're Mr. Teenage America especially in the eyes of your parents. They've got you on this pedestal. I'm not going to let you fall off.
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Alan Matthews : Okay. This is what we think. First, we feel that you two need some time apart. Now, this doesn't mean that the friendship is over.
Cory : No. No! Forget it, Dad, okay? Forget it. I'm not doing that.
Alan Matthews : I'm not giving you the choice.
Amy Matthews : Cory, you were drinking tonight.
Cory : I don't care, Mom! Dad drinks.
Alan Matthews : I am slightly over 21 and when I do drink, I drink responsibly. And when you are ready to do what I do, then you can get out of this house and get a job!
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Amy Matthews : What if Kimberly's party wasn't within walking distance? Would you have driven?
Cory : I wouldn't drink and drive. I'm not a moron.
Amy Matthews : You peed on a cop car. How smart is that?
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Shawn Hunter : [to Amy and Alan] I appreciate the lecture and thanks for coming to the station to pick me up, but you're not my parents. And, yeah, I'll just stay away from Cory if that's what's gonna put everything back to normal.
Cory : Normal. You know I just broke up with someone that I've spent my entire life with. I don't have a heart anymore. I've lost my life. So I went up to your liquor cabinet and I took a bottle of whiskey, and I made Shawn drink because I didn't want to be alone.
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George Feeny : Class, as we continue our study of feudalism, I would like to focus today on the life of the serf.
[Shawn raises his hand]
George Feeny : Mr. Hunter?
Shawn Hunter : I don't wanna.
George Feeny : You don't want to what?
Shawn Hunter : Boring. It's boring! That's why the whole feudalism thing didn't work out. They got bored out of their freaking minds!
[Cory gets up to stop him]
Shawn Hunter : What?
Cory : It's too far.
Shawn Hunter : No, you know, just once, I would like to learn something somewhat relevant to our lives.
Angela Moore : Shawn, shut up. I say this with love.
Topanga Lawrence : [to Shawn] What's the matter with you?
Shawn Hunter : Nothing. Now, why don't you stop being so crazy and sit on Cory's lap?
George Feeny : Mr. Hunter, we will discuss your outburst at the end of the class.
Shawn Hunter : Cool. So let the boredom begin.
[imitates the "Charge" fanfare]
George Feeny : Mr. Hunter, please leave.
Shawn Hunter : Okay. But only because you asked me so nicely.
[leaves the classroom]
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Shawn Hunter : [to Alan] Hi. I... um... I just wanted to let you know that you don't have to worry about me having a drink anymore, but if you want me to stay away from Cory because of all the other idiot stuff I do, I understand.
Alan Matthews : Come on in.
[lets Shawn inside the house]
Alan Matthews : You know, I wouldn't want two friends to be kept apart. When I said that, I was under the influence of alcohol.
Shawn Hunter : You were drunk, too?
Alan Matthews : No, you were. And so was Cory, and I didn't like seeing you that way.
Shawn Hunter : Yeah. That seems to be the general consensus. So, when can Cory come out and play?
Cory : [as he comes down the stairs] Can I, Dad? Huh? Huh? Can I?
Alan Matthews : What month is it?
Cory : It's still March.
Alan Matthews : Sorry, Shawn. Maybe next time, you won't be so easily influenced by your rotten friends!
Shawn Hunter : Yeah, well, he's the only one I got.
