Grim Fandango Dialog Transcript

Grim Fandango Dialog Transcript
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(Introduction)

INT. Manny's Office DAY

Manny Sorry for the wait, Mr. Flores.
Manny I am ready to take you now.
Celso Take me? Take me where?
Manny Now, now...
Manny There's no need to be nervous.
Celso N-nervous? N-no... I-i-it's just your appearance... It's, well, a little intimidating...
Manny Intimidating? Me? But I'm your friend! My name's Manny Calavera. I'm your new travel agent!
Celso I don't want a new travel agent. I want to go home.
Manny Ha Ha! You can't go home, Celso. You're dead. But you're not alone...
Manny Everybody here is just as dead as you.
Manny That's why we call it the "Land of the Dead."
Manny Are you ready for your big journey?
Celso No!
Celso What journey?
Manny The Four-Year Journey of the Soul. It is quite a big trip. And I can't lie to you, Celso.
Manny Looks like I got a message.
Manny Looks like I got a message.
Manny Looks like I got a message.

INT. Hallway DAY

Manny (Sigh.) My old door.
Manny (Sigh.) My old door.
Manny It's my boss' secretary, Eva.
Eva It's my boss' whipping boy, Manny.
Manny It's my boss' secretary, Eva.
Eva It's my boss' whipping boy, Manny.
Manny Buenos Días.
Eva Manny? Why aren't you at the poisoning?
Manny What poisoning?
Eva Yeah, the code three gazpacho poisoning that everybody's at but you!
Eva Why do I send out memos if no one reads them?
Manny Where was the poisoning again?
Eva Just ask your driver for crying out loud. He'll know.
Manny Busy as ever, I see.
Eva I'd have more work to do if you had more clients.
Manny Ouch!
Manny Any messages for me?
Eva Besides the one about the poisoning?
Manny Yeah.
Eva I only have one other message for you, Manny...
Eva I'm not your secretary!
Eva I don't take your messages!
Eva So get it through your thick skull, and stop forwarding your phone to me!
Manny Alright, but that sounded more like FOUR messages to me.
Manny I forget... am I supposed to be somewhere right now?
Eva Manny, do I have to explain your job to you again?
Manny Yes.
Eva Well, the Manuel Calavera that I know picks up people in the Land of the Living...
Manny Dead people.
Eva Preferably.
Eva And he brings them here and tries valiantly to sell them the best travel package they qualify for.
Eva If he sells enough premium packages, our hero will be free to leave the Land of the Dead.
Eva Until then, he and I are stuck here...
Eva ...having the same conversation...
Eva ...over and over again for eternity.
Manny Well, I gotta go hit the bricks.
Eva Okay, you show those bricks a lesson.

EXT Entrance to the Department of Death DAY

Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny Mostly because it cost so much we didn't get bonuses that year.
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny Mostly because it cost so much we didn't get bonuses that year.
Manny We can't operate cars, that's how they keep us from skipping town.
Manny Oh, I sold so many car travel packages when I was first starting out.
Manny Oh, I sold so many car travel packages when I was first starting out.
Manny "NO PARKING. Client car pick-up only."
Manny "NO PARKING. Client car pick-up only."
Manny We can't operate cars, that's how they keep us from skipping town.
Manny We can't operate cars, that's how they keep us from skipping town.
Manny We can't operate cars, that's how they keep us from skipping town.
Manny We can't operate cars, that's how they keep us from skipping town.
Manny I remember the year they built that...
Manny Mostly because it cost so much we didn't get bonuses that year.

EXT Streets of El Marrow DAY

Manny They're just full of party favors, and I'm not in a party mood.

EXT Street Festival DAY

Manny What's goin' down, clown?
balloon twister Hey, back off, Suit.
balloon twister I'm practicing.
Manny Practicing what?
balloon twister Wringing your neck, what does it look like?
Manny Twist me up one of them, eh fella?
balloon twister Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Twist this, all right?
Manny Bet ya can't do a cat.
balloon twister Shows what you know, buddy.
balloon twister I can do anything.
balloon twister I can do birds, amphibians, famous poets--Go ahead. Name one.
Manny Robert Frost.
balloon twister Trying to stump me, eh?
balloon twister Ta-da.
balloon twister Some of my finest work.
balloon twister Don't you think Sparky?
balloon twister Some of my finest work.
Manny Looks like some sort of crafty mime.

EXT Alley DAY

Manny I don't like the way that eye is looking at me.
Manny I don't like the way that eye is looking at me.
Manny I don't like the way that eye is looking at me.
Manny I don't like the way that eye is looking at me.