Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Roman Griffin Davis: Jojo
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[Rosie and Jojo come upon six people hanging from a gallows in the town square]
Jojo Betzler : What did they do?
Rosie : What they could.
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Jojo Betzler : Nothing makes sense anymore.
Yorki : Yeah, I know, definitely not a good time to be a Nazi.
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Jojo Betzler : I said to draw where Jews live. This is just a stupid picture of my head.
Elsa Korr : Yeah, that's where we live.
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Jojo Betzler : What am I going to do?
Adolf Hitler : I have no idea.
Jojo Betzler , Adolf Hitler : Got It!
Jojo Betzler : [simultaneously] I'll negotiate.
Adolf Hitler : [simultaneously] I'll burn down the house and blame Winston Churchill... or negotiate.
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Rosie : You're growing up too fast. Ten-year-olds shouldn't be celebrating war and talking politics. You should be climbing trees and then falling out of those trees.
Jojo Betzler : But the Führer says when we win, it is us, young boys who will rule the world.
Rosie : Pfft! The Reich is dying. We're going to lose the war and then what are you going to do, hmm? Life is a gift. We must celebrate it. We have to dance to show God we are grateful to be alive.
Jojo Betzler : Well, I won't dance. Dancing is for people who don't have a job.
Rosie : Dancing is for people who are free. It's an escape from all this.
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Jojo Betzler : What's going on out here?
Yorki : The Russians, Jojo. They're coming. And the Americans from the other way. And England and China and Africa and India. The whole world is coming. Help me with this ammo.
Jojo Betzler : And how are we doing?
Yorki : Terribly. Our only friends are the Japanese. And just between you and me, they don't look very Aryan.
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Jojo Betzler : I'm way too busy for a girlfriend.
Elsa Korr : One day you'll make time. You'll think of nothing else. You'll meet someone, and spend your days, dreaming of the moments you can hold them in your arms again. That's love.
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Jojo Betzler : But... you know... she's Jewish.
Yorki : There are bigger things to worry about than Jews, Jojo. There's Russians out there somewhere.
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Jojo Betzler : How dare you, Jew? You are weak, like an eyelash. I am born of Aryan ancestry. My blood is the color of a pure red rose. And my eyes are blue.
Elsa Korr : [grabs Jojo] Break free. Break free, great Aryan. There are no weak Jews. I am descended from those who wrestle angels and kill giants. We were chosen by God. You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can't even grow a full moustache. A stronger race, huh?
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Jojo Betzler : [to Adolf] Fuck off, Hitler!
[kicks Adolph out the window]
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Elsa Korr : Is it dangerous out there?
Jojo Betzler : Extremely.
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Jojo Betzler : I think you'll find that metal is the strongest thing on the earth followed by dynamite and then muscles.
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Jojo Betzler : [after Elsa slaps him for lying about who won the war] Yeah, I kind of deserved that.
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Jojo Betzler : If someone turned in a Jew, would they get a medal or something?
Captain Klenzendorf : Ah, Jews, Jews, Jews. Are you still going on about those people? You know I'm preparing the city for imminent invasion, right? I'm trying to plan a defense strategy.
[Indicates raisins on a map]
Captain Klenzendorf : I've got Americans to the west,
[indicates almonds on the map]
Captain Klenzendorf : got Russians to the east.
Fraulein Rahm : My friend once met some Russians, and they ate him.
Jojo Betzler : Who's the walnuts?
Captain Klenzendorf : Walnuts are just walnuts, kid.
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Jojo Betzler : I look stupid. People will stare.
Rosie : Enjoy the attention, kid. Not everyone is lucky enough to look stupid. I, for one, am cursed to look incredibly attractive.
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Yorki : There are bigger things to worry about than Jews, Jojo. There's Russians somewhere out there. They're worse than anyone. I heard they eat babies and have sex with dogs. I mean like that's bad, right?
Jojo : Sex with dogs?
Yorki : Yeah. The Englishmen do it too. We have to stop them before they eat us and screw all our dogs.
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[first lines]
Jojo Betzler : [Jojo puts on his uniform and looks at himself in the mirror] Jojo Betzler, ten years old. Today, you join the ranks of the Jungvolk in a very special training weekend. It's going to be intense. Today, you become a man.
[pause]
Jojo Betzler : I swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the savior of our country, and of his now. I am willing and ready to give up my life for him. So help me, God.
[Hitler walks around Jojo]
Adolf Hitler : Yes, that's right. Now, Jojo Betzler, what is your mind?
Jojo Betzler : Snake mind.
Adolf Hitler : And Jojo Betzler, what is your body?
Jojo Betzler : Wolf body.
Adolf Hitler : Jojo Betzler, what is your courage?
Jojo Betzler : Panther courage.
Adolf Hitler : And Jojo Betzler, what is your soul?
Jojo Betzler : A German soul.
Adolf Hitler : Yeah, man. You're ready.
Jojo Betzler : Adolf?
Adolf Hitler : Hmm?
Jojo Betzler : I don't... I don't think I can do this.
Adolf Hitler : What? Of course you can. Sure, you're a little bit scrawny and a bit unpopular and you can't tie your shoelaces even though you're 10 years old, but you're still the bestest, most loyal little Nazi I've ever met. Not to mention the fact you're really good looking. So you're gonna get out there and you're gonna have a great time, okay?
Jojo Betzler : Okay.
Adolf Hitler : That's the spirit, okay.
[Adolf turns Jojo around]
Adolf Hitler : Heil me, man.
Jojo Betzler : Heil Hitler.
Adolf Hitler : Whaaat? You can heil me better than that.
Jojo Betzler : Heil Hitler.
Adolf Hitler : Just throw it away. Don't even think about it.
Jojo Betzler : Heil Hitler.
Adolf Hitler : No, you're overthinking it. Heil Hitler.
Jojo Betzler : Heil Hitaler.
Adolf Hitler : Who's Hitaler? Do you even speak German?
Jojo Betzler : Heil Hitler.
Adolf Hitler : That's not a heil. This is a heil. Heil!
Jojo Betzler : Heil Hitler!
Adolf Hitler : Heil Hitler!
Jojo Betzler : Heil Hitler!
Adolf Hitler : Heil Hitler!
[Jojo continues to yell 'Heil Hitler!' several times]
Adolf Hitler : Ooh, that's it! You've got it! Heil Hitler! Have a great day! Heil Hitler! You can be the best! Heil Hitler! You can do it!
Jojo Betzler , Adolf Hitler : Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler! Heil Hitler!
[they both scream until Jojo runs out the door]
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Adolf Hitler : [after Jojo gets book from shelf] Yes. Great thinking, Rabbit. we'll use all of these books to make a fake floor that she'll fall through, straight into a pit full of piranhas, and, and lava and bacon. Why, she won't know what hit her.
Jojo Betzler : Shh!
Adolf Hitler : Shh?
Jojo Betzler : Shh!
Adolf Hitler : You, shush. Shush me? Let's get a book and let's go. Libraries are dumb.
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Adolf Hitler : You two seem to be getting on well!
Jojo Betzler : She doesn't seem like a bad person.
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Jojo Betzler : I'm the enemy?
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Yorki : I thought I was your best friend.
Jojo Betzler : Yorki, you're my second-best friend. First place is reserved for the Führer. So, unless you're Hitler, hiding in a fat little boy's body, I'd be happy with second place.
Yorki : I guess I'm just a kid in a fat kid's body.
Jojo Betzler : Case closed.
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Jojo Betzler : Beethoven.
Elsa Korr : Einstein.
Jojo Betzler : Bach.
Elsa Korr : Gershwin.
Jojo Betzler : Brahms, Wagner, Mozart.
Elsa Korr : Musicians. Is that all you have?
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Elsa Korr : In the beginning, we used to live in caves, deep, deep in the center of the Earth... Scary places full of strange and wonderful creatures all with one thing in common.
Jojo Betzler : Mm-hmm. Stealing the ends of penises?
Elsa Korr : No, you idiot. The love of art.
Jojo Betzler : No cutting penises off?
Elsa Korr : Do you want the story or not?
Jojo Betzler : You may continue, but I know it's true. The penis thing. Rabbis use them for earplugs.
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[Unseen by Jojo, Rosie moves to the fireplace and pulls some small pieces of printed paper from her pocket. She lights them and throws them into the hearth]
Adolf Hitler : Wait a minute. She's burning something. That's suspicious. What's she burning?
[to Rosie, shouting]
Adolf Hitler : What are you burning?
Jojo Betzler : She can't hear you.
Adolf Hitler : Oh.
[beat; screams]
Adolf Hitler : WHAT ARE YOU BURNING?
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Rosie : Jojo, you'll know when that happens. You'll feel it. It's a pain.
Jojo Betzler : In my arse, I bet.
Rosie : In your tummy. Like it's full of butterflies.
Jojo Betzler : Yuck.
Rosie : Yeah, yuck. Come on, Shitler, let's get a move on.
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[last lines]
Jojo Betzler : What do we do now?
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Jojo Betzler : So, I'd like you to draw a picture of where Jews live. Where you all eat, sleep, and where the Queen Jew lays the eggs.
Elsa Korr : You really are an idiot.
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Jojo Betzler : Stop offering me, damn, cigarettes! I'm ten!
Adolf Hitler : All right, sorry, I'm stressed out!
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Jojo Betzler : Mama? Field Marshall Jojo is home. Mama? Mama, I'm home. Mama? Mama?
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Elsa Korr : Houdini.
Jojo Betzler : No, that's impossible!
Elsa Korr : Believe it brother. Just ask Pissaro, Modigliani, Man Ray, Gertrude Stein, Mr. Moses, and the King of them all: Jesus Christi, Amen.
Jojo Betzler : You're just saying any old name now. I've never heard of these people,
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Jojo Betzler : What's the first thing you'll do when you're free?
Elsa Korr : Dance.
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Fraulein Rahm : Anyway, did you see one? A Jew?
Jojo Betzler : I'm not sure I'd be able to tell if I did.
Captain Klenzendorf : Me neither. Without their funny hats it's damn near impossible.
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Jojo Betzler : Are you going to bed too?
Rosie : Yes, soon. I have to tidy some things first.
Jojo Betzler : What things?
Rosie : Mama things. Boy, you have to trust me, okay? I'm the boss here, yeah?
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Jojo Betzler : Jesus Christ!
Fraulein Rahm : You must stretch. Does that hurt you?
Jojo Betzler : Yes!
Fraulein Rahm : Good. Pain is your friend. Soon your leg will only be a little bit deformed and pointless.
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Elsa Korr : He's coming to rescue me, and then we'll go live in Paris.
Jojo Betzler : You'd turn your back on Germany forever?
Elsa Korr : It turned on me first.
Jojo Betzler : Well, we don't need you. You and your stupid boyfriend can shut up and go live in dumb-cheese-snail-baguette land.
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Adolf Hitler : What are we gonna do about that Jew?
Jojo Betzler : You think of something.
Adolf Hitler : Oh, now I'm the expert?
