Corpse Bride Quotes

Corpse Bride is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Corpse Bride stopped airing in 1970.

It features Danny Elfman in charge of musical score, and Pete Kozachik as head of cinematography.

Corpse Bride is recorded in English and originally aired in United Kingdom, and United States. Each episode of Corpse Bride is 77 minutes long. Corpse Bride is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.

The cast includes: Johnny Depp as Victor Van Dort, Danny Elfman as Bonejangles, Richard E. Grant as Barkis Bittern, Johnny Depp as Victor, Emily Watson as Victoria Everglot, Joanna Lumley as Maudeline Everglot, Joanna Lumley as Finnis Everglot, Deep Roy as General Bonesapart, Michael Gough as Elder Gutknecht, Christopher Lee as Pastor Galswells, Joanna Lumley as Maudeline, Stephen Ballantyne as Emil, and Johnny Depp as Nell Van Dort.

Corpse Bride Quotes

Joanna Lumley as Maudeline Everglot

• (Joanna Lumley) "Get those corsets laced properly. I can hear you speak without gasping."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Smile, darling, smile."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Well, hello. What a pleasure. Welcome to our home."
• (Johnny Depp) "Oh, thank you."
• (Joanna Lumley) "We'll be taking tea in the west drawing room. Oh, do come this way. It's just through there."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Ah, Lord Barkin. I trust the room is to your liking."
• (Richard E. Grant) "Thank you. You are a most gracious hostess, which is what pains me to be the bearer of such bad news."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Oh, Finis. Who invited these people? They must be from your side of the family."

• (Joanna Lumley) "If ever I see that Van Dort boy, I'll strangle him with my bare hands."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Your hands are too fat, and his neck is too thin. You'll have to use a rope."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Marriage is a partnership, a little tit for tat; you'd think a lifetime watching us"
• (Joanna Lumley) "might have taught her that, might have taught her that."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Everything must be perfect."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Everything must be perfect."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Everything must be perfect, perfect."
• (William Van Dort) "That's why everything/every last everything/every single tiny microscopic little thing must go -- According to plan."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Good heavens, Finis, what should we do?"
• (Joanna Lumley) "Fetch me musket."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Marvelous news. There will be a wedding after all."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Fish merchants."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Take her to her room."
• (Emily Watson) "No, I'm telling the truth. Victor needs my help."

• (Joanna Lumley) "It's a terrible day."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Now, don't be that way."
• (Joanna Lumley) "It's a terrible day for a wedding."
• (Joanna Lumley) "It's a sad, sad state of affairs we're in."
• (Joanna Lumley) "That has led to this ominous wedding."
• (Joanna Lumley) "How could our family have come to this?"
• (Joanna Lumley) "To marry off our daughter to the nouveau riches?"
• (Joanna Lumley) "They're so common."
• (Joanna Lumley) "So coarse."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Oh it couldn't be worse."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Couldn't be worse? I'm afraid I disagree. They could be land-rich bankrupt aristocracy without a penny to their name. Just like you and me."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Oh, dear."
• (Joanna Lumley) "And that's why everything, every last little thing, every single tiny microscopic little thing must go --"
• (Joanna Lumley) "According to plan."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Our daughter will wed."
• (Joanna Lumley) "According to plan."
• (Joanna Lumley) "And our family led --"
• (Joanna Lumley) "From the depths of deepest poverty --"
• (Joanna Lumley) "To the noble realm --"
• (Joanna Lumley) "Of our ancestry."
• (Joanna Lumley) "And who would've guessed in a million years, that our daughter with the face --"
• (Joanna Lumley) "Of an otter in disgrace --"
• (Joanna Lumley) "Would provide our tickets to our rightful place?"

• (Joanna Lumley) "Out of the way, you ninny."

• (Joanna Lumley) "There's an eye in me soup."

• (Joanna Lumley) "Victoria, come away from the window."

Michael Gough as Elder Gutknecht

• (The Corpse Bride) "We need to go up. Upstairs? To visit the land of the living."
• (Michael Gough) "Land of the living? Oh, my dear."
• (The Corpse Bride) "Please, Elder Gutknecht."
• (Michael Gough) "Now, why go up there when people are dying to get down here?"
• (Johnny Depp) "Sir, I beg you to help. It means so much to me -- us."
• (Michael Gough) "I don't know. It's just not natural."
• (The Corpse Bride) "Please, Elder Gutknecht. Surely there must be something you can do."
• (Michael Gough) "Let me see what I can do."

• (Michael Gough) "Just remember, when you want to come back, say "Hopscotch.""
• (The Corpse Bride) "Hopscotch?"
• (Michael Gough) "That's it."

• (Michael Gough) "Where did I put that book? I left it here somewhere. There's the one. I have it. A Ukranian haunting spell. Just the thing for these quick trips."
• (The Corpse Bride) "So glad you thought of this."
• (Johnny Depp) "Me too."
• (Michael Gough) "Now, then -- Where were we?"
• (The Corpse Bride) "The Ukranian haunting spell"
• (Michael Gough) "Ahh -- Here we have it. Ready?"

• (Maggot) "Let me at him. Let me at him. Don't hold me back."
• (Michael Gough) "Wait. We must abide by their rules. We are amongst the living."
• (Richard E. Grant) "Well said."
• (Maggot) "Not anymore."
• (Michael Gough) "Yep. You're right. He's all yours."

• (The Corpse Bride) "Scraps -- Elder Gutknecht -- Are you there? Hello? Is anyone home? Hello? There you are."
• (Michael Gough) "Oh, my dear. There you are."
• (The Corpse Bride) "I've brought my husband, Victor."
• (Michael Gough) "What's that? Husband?"
• (Johnny Depp) "Pleasure to meet you, sir."

Johnny Depp as Victor Van Dort

• (The Corpse Bride) "What a cutie."
• (Johnny Depp) "You should have seen him with fur."

• (Johnny Depp) "Wait. I made a promise."
• (The Corpse Bride) "You kept your promise. You set me free. Now I can do the same for you."

• (The Corpse Bride) "In the woods, you said your vows so perfectly"
• (Johnny Depp) "I did."
• (Johnny Depp) "Wake up wake up WAKE UP."

• (William Van Dort) "You've certainly hooked a winner this time, Victor."
• (Johnny Depp) "Now, all you have to do is reel her in."
• (Johnny Depp) "I'm already reeling, Mother. Shouldn't Victoria Everglot be marrying a lord or something?"
• (Johnny Depp) "Oh, nonsense. We're every bit of good as the Everglots. I always knew I deserved better than a fish merchant's life."
• (Johnny Depp) "But I've never even spoken to her."
• (Johnny Depp) "Well, at least we have that in our favor."
• (Johnny Depp) "Mayhew. Silence that blasted coughing."

• (Johnny Depp) "It's a beautiful day."
• (William Van Dort) "It's a rather nice day."
• (Johnny Depp) "A day for a glorious wedding."
• (William Van Dort) "A rehearsal, my dear, to be perfectly clear."
• (Johnny Depp) "A rehearsal for a glorious wedding."
• (William Van Dort) "Assuming nothing happens that we don't really know."
• (Johnny Depp) "That nothing unexpected interferes with the show."
• (William Van Dort) "And that's why everything, every last little thing, every single tiny microscopic little thing must go --"
• (Johnny Depp) "According to plan."
• (William Van Dort) "Our son will be married."
• (Johnny Depp) "According to plan."
• (William Van Dort) "And our family carried,"
• (William Van Dort) "Elevated to the heights of society."
• (Johnny Depp) "To the costumed balls."
• (William Van Dort) "In the hallowed halls."
• (Johnny Depp) "Rubbing elbows with the finest."
• (William Van Dort) "And having crumpets with Her Highness."
• (William Van Dort) "We'll be there. We'll be seen. Having tea with the queen. We'll forget everything -- that we've ever ever been."

• (Johnny Depp) "Oh, I'm sure he'll be back shortly. He's terrified of the dark. In fact, when he was a boy, he used to wet his combinations, regularly, didn't he, William?"

• (Johnny Depp) "Ah, Mrs. Everglot. You look ravishing this evening. What's that, Mr. Everglot? Call you "dad"? If you insist, sir."

• (Johnny Depp) "Look at the way your standing, You look like you've got rickets or something."

• (Johnny Depp) "Tomorrow, Victoria, we are to be --"
• (Johnny Depp) "Mmmm -- mmmm -- mmmm --"
• (Emily Watson) "-- married."
• (Johnny Depp) "Yes, married."

• (Johnny Depp) "Please, there's been a mistake. I'm not dead."

• (Johnny Depp) "We're moving this wedding party upstairs."
• (Unnamed) "Upstairs? I didn't know we had an upstairs."
• (Unnamed) "Sounds creepy."
• (Unnamed) "Let's go."

• (Johnny Depp) "I always knew I deserved better than a fish merchant's life."

• (Johnny Depp) "I've got a -- I've got a dwarf, and I'm not afraid to use him."

• (Johnny Depp) "Mystery woman? He doesn't even know any women."
• (Richard E. Grant) "So you thought."

• (Johnny Depp) "Look, I am terribly sorry about what's happened to you and I would like to help. But I really need to get home."
• (The Corpse Bride) "This is your home now."

• (The Corpse Bride) "Hopscotch."
• (Johnny Depp) "No, no. Victoria."

• (Johnny Depp) "Play dead -- Oh, sorry."

• (Johnny Depp) "With this hand I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never be empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way into darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine."

• (Johnny Depp) "Do forgive me."
• (Emily Watson) "You play beautifully."
• (Johnny Depp) "I-I-I do apologise, Miss Everglot. How rude of me to -- Well -- Excuse me."
• (Emily Watson) "Mother won't let me near the piano. Music is improper for a young lady. "Too passionate", she says."
• (Johnny Depp) "If I may ask, Miss Everglot -- where is your chaperone?"
• (Emily Watson) "Perhaps, in -- in view of the circumstances -- you could call me Victoria."
• (Johnny Depp) "Yes, of course. Well -- Victoria --"
• (Emily Watson) "Yes, Victor --"

• (The Corpse Bride) "Pardon my enthusiasm."
• (Johnny Depp) "I like your enthusiasm."

• (Johnny Depp) "With this candle -- I will set your mother on fire."

• (The Corpse Bride) "It's my eye, isn't it?"
• (Johnny Depp) "No. Your eye is uh, lovely."

• (Johnny Depp) "I want very much to."
• (Christopher Lee) "Pay attention. Have you even remembered to bring the ring?"
• (Johnny Depp) "The ring. Yes, of course."
• (Christopher Lee) "Dropping the ring. This boy doesn't want to get married."
• (Joanna Lumley) "How disgraceful."
• (Johnny Depp) "Excuse me. Got it."

• (Johnny Depp) "I want some questions. Now."
• (Deep Roy) "Answers -- I think you mean answers."
• (Johnny Depp) "Thank you, yes, answers. I need answers."

Richard E. Grant as Barkis Bittern

• (The Corpse Bride) "Get out."
• (Richard E. Grant) "Oh, I'm leaving."
• (Richard E. Grant) "But first. A toast, to Emily. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. Tell me, my dear, can a heart still break once it's stopped beating? Hm?"

• (Richard E. Grant) "Oh, how touching. I always cry at weddings. Finally, our two young lovers are together at last. Surely now they can live happily ever after? But you forget --"
• (Richard E. Grant) "She's still my wife. And I'm not leaving here empty-handed."

• (Richard E. Grant) "Oh, my dear. Don't look at me that way. You have only to suffer this union untill death do us part. And that will come sooner than you think --"

• (Richard E. Grant) "Do call for me if you need my assistance --"
• (Richard E. Grant) "in any way."

• (Richard E. Grant) "Would you care to repeat tonight's headline for us?"
• (Town Crier) "HEAR YE, HEAR YE. VICTOR VAN DORT SEEN THIS NIGHT ON THE BRIDGE IN THE ARMS OF A MYSTERY WOMAN. THE DARK-HAIRED TEMPTRESS AND MASTER VAN DORT SLIPPED AWAY INTOT HE NIGHT."
• (Town Crier) "And now the weather. Scattered showers --"
• (Richard E. Grant) "Enough. That will be all."

Danny Elfman as Bonejangles

• (Danny Elfman) "Hit it, boys. Hey. Give me a listen, you corpses of cheer,/Least those of you who still got an ear./I'll tell you a story make a skeleton cry/Of our own jubiliciously lovely corpse bride."
• (Unnamed) "Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah --"
• (Danny Elfman) "Well, our girl was a beauty known for miles around/When a mysterious stranger came into town./He was plenty good-lookin', but down on his cash./And our poor little baby, she fell hard and fast/When her daddy said no, she just couldn't cope/So our lovers came up with a plan to elope."
• (Unnamed) "Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah --"
• (Danny Elfman) "That's right. Okay. Oh, yeah. Come on, boys, pick it up. Yeah. Like it. Okay, Chancy, take it. Yeah. Yeah. That's nice. Yeah. So they conjured up a plan to meet late at night./They told not a soul, kept the whole thing tight./Now her mother's wedding dress fit like a glove./You don't need much when you're really in love./Except for a few things, or so I'm told,/Like the family jewls and a sachel of gold./Then next to the graveyard by the old oak tree,/On a dark foggy night at a quarter to three,/She was ready to go, but where was he?"
• (Unnamed) "And then?"
• (Danny Elfman) "She waited."
• (Mrs. Plum) "And then?"
• (Danny Elfman) "There in the shadows, was it her man?"
• (Unnamed) "And then?"
• (Danny Elfman) "Her little heart beat so loud."
• (Paul The Head Waiter) "And then?"
• (Danny Elfman) "And then, baby, everything went black./Now when she opened her eyes she was dead as dust./Her jewels were missin' and her heart was bust./So she made a vow lyin' under that tree/That she'd wait for her true love to come set her free./Always waiting for someone to ask for her hand./Then out of the blue comes this groovy young man/Who vows forever to be by her side./And that's the story of our own corpse bride."
• (Unnamed) "Die, die, we all pass away/But don't wear a frown 'cause it's really okay/And you might try and hide/And you might try and pray/But we all end up the remains of the day/Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."

• (Danny Elfman) "Hey, come back. Ooh, I love me a lady with meat on her bones."

• (Danny Elfman) "I love a woman with meat on her bones."

Christopher Lee as Pastor Galswells

• (Christopher Lee) "Master Van Dort, from the beginning. Again. "With this hand I will lift your sorrows. Your cup will never empty, for I will be your wine. With this candle, I will light your way in darkness. With this ring, I ask you to be mine". Let's try it again."
• (Johnny Depp) "Yes, yes, Sir."

• (Christopher Lee) "Miss Everglot, what are you doing here? You should be at home, prostrate with grief."

• (Christopher Lee) "Dropping the ring."
• (Joanna Lumley) "Oh, no, he's dropped the ring."
• (Christopher Lee) "This boy doesn't want to get married."

• (Christopher Lee) "Pay attention. Have you even remembered to bring the ring?"

Emily Watson as Victoria Everglot

• (Emily Watson) "Did things not go according to your plan, Lord Barkis? Well, perhaps in disappointment, we are perfectly matched."

• (Emily Watson) "Since I was a child, I've dreamt of my wedding day. I always hoped to find someone I was deeply in love with. Someone to spend the rest of my life with. Silly, isn't it?"
• (Johnny Depp) "Yes, silly. No. No, not at all, no."
• (Johnny Depp) "Oh, oh, dear. I'm sorry."

Deep Roy as General Bonesapart

• (Deep Roy) "This is going to be good."

Stephen Ballantyne as Emil

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