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1. A woman sits down next to Forrest on a bench, flipping through her magazine while Forrest offers her a chocolate. She quietly declines, then Forrest ponders over his mother's past words.
Forrest: My mama always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates."
Forrest: ____________________
Please don't let Bob get away with his silly antics. What are the actual next words in the movie?
2. Several children slide over in their school bus seats, refusing to let young Forrest sit next to them. Adult Forrest thinks back on all the things he can't remember when he was young. A girl on the school bus speaks to him.
Adult Forrest: I do remember the first time I heard the sweetest voice in the wide world.
Young Jenny: ____________________
Ignore Bob's comedy routine. What's the real line that follows?
3. A group of boys throws rocks at young Forrest, and blood starts gushing from his head. They cruelly taunt him as a young Jenny pushes him forward on the path, away from the boys.
Boys: Look out, dummy. Here we come. We're gonna get you!
Young Jenny: ____________________
Before Bob starts rewriting the script again, tell me what's actually said next.
4. In college, Forrest helps his team go on to greatness with his incredible speed. He even gets to meet the president as part of the All-America football team.
Forrest: Now the really good thing about meeting the president of the United States is the food. They put you in this little room with just about anything you'd want to eat or drink. But since, number one, I wasn't hungry, but thirsty, and number two, they was free...
Forrest: ____________________
Bob's making things up again. What's the actual line that comes next?
5. After graduating from college, Forrest is approached by an army recruiter and decides to join the military forces. Like most recruits, he starts his first day with a drill sergeant screaming in his face.
Drill sergeant: Gump! What's your sole purpose in this Army!
Forrest: ____________________
Please fact-check Bob's fake quote. What are the real next words?
6. During his training, Forrest makes friends with another recruit called Bubba. His family knows everything there is to know about the shrimping business. He tells Forrest all the things you can make with that food.
Bubba: ...shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich.
Bubba: ____________________
Time to debunk Bob's "creative interpretation." What's really said next?
7. Forrest is sent to Vietnam, where he meets his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan. He feels fortunate to have been stationed under someone who knows so much.
Forrest: He was from a long, great military tradition.
Forrest: ____________________
Let's put an end to Bob's guessing game. What's the movie's real next line?
8. Under attack, Forrest sprints back into the jungle to save his friends when suddenly he feels something that "bit" him. It was a bullet. He narrates to a man sitting on the bench next to him about when he was in the military hospital.
Forrest: The only good thing about being wounded in the buttocks is the ice cream.
Forrest: ____________________
Don't let Bob rewrite cinema history. What are the real next words?
9. Forrest decides to keep his promise to Bubba and buys a shrimping boat. He doesn't have much luck at first, catching little more than license plates and toilet seats. However, once Lieutenant Dan joins his crew, and with a little help from a tropical storm, his efforts are rewarded.
Reporter: This reporter has learned, in fact only one shrimping boat actually survived the storm.
Forrest's mother: Louise, Louise, there's Forrest.
Forrest: ____________________
I think Bob's bluffing again. What were Forrest's next words?
10. After Jenny leaves his home, Forrest decides that running will help him feel better about his problems. He runs across America, making the news, and attracting a following of fellow runners. He helps them out along the way, but in the end, he decides he has run for long enough.
Forrest: I had run for three years, two months, fourteen days, and sixteen hours.
Runner: Quiet. Quiet. He's gonna say something.
Forrest: ____________________
Bob's quoting from his imagination. What's the real next line?
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