Babe (1995)
Magda Szubanski: Esme Hoggett
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Quotes
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Country Woman : [hearing on TV that A. Hoggett and his entry Pig about to perform on the sheepdog trial] Is that Hoggett?
Country Woman : I think it was.
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : Huh?
Valda : He said Hoggett. It was clear as a bell.
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : Well, must be another Hoggett. We only have the two dogs and they certainly... aren't...
[the country women stare at Esme who then rolls her eyes in exasperation]
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The Hoggetts' granddaughter : [opens her present to reveal the beautiful dollhouse Mr. Hoggett made; begins crying] Wwwwaaaaaahh!
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : Oh, what's wrong, dear?
The Hoggetts' granddaughter : [sobs] It's the wrong one. I WANT THE HOUSE I SAW ON THE TELEVISION!
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : [consoles her] Oh, there, there.
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Son-in-Law : Hey, hey, Dad says his little porker's a watchpig.
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : Dearie me! If it's not a duck that thinks it's a rooster, it's a pig that thinks it's a dog!
[everyone laughs as Rex grows jealous]
Son-in-Law : 'A pig that thinks it's a dog'!
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Mrs. Esme Hoggett : Are you doing him tonight then?
Farmer Hoggett : Mmm.
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : Good. The blood'll drain by morning.
Farmer Hoggett : Pity...
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : What's that?
Farmer Hoggett : Nothing.
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : What on Earth are you babbling on about?
Farmer Hoggett : ...Shame, to miss out on the best ham prize at next year's fair, is all. Nice plump haunches he's getting... Beautiful. Still... silly to wait, I suppose.
[Esme stares at him]
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Mrs. Esme Hoggett : [Esme wakes up and smacks Arthur] Hoggett dear! Church!
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[Babe, having entered the butcher shed by mistake, sees Ferdinand, covered in yellow paint and flecks of dirt]
Babe : Ferdinand! Everyone's been looking for you!
Ferdinand : Shh!
Babe : [talks softly] What is this place?
Ferdinand : [whispers] What's happening out there?
Babe : Well, Rex isn't very happy. Boy, all these new rules! See, I'm not allowed to--oops!
Ferdinand : Not allowed to what?
Babe : [remembering Rex to not talk to Ferdinand, mumbles with his mouth closed] Allowed to speak to you.
Ferdinand : Huh?
Babe : [muffled still] Allowed to speak with you.
Ferdinand : What?
Mrs. Esme Hoggett : [faintly] Pig, pig, piggy!
Ferdinand : [panics hearing her] You didn't see me, all right?
Babe : And--and I didn't see you, all right? Oops.
[Babe runs out of the shed]