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1. In the first scene of "Time Bandits", we find English schoolboy Kevin studying ancient Greek history. His mother and father are watching the hilarious game show, "Your Money Or Your Life" on the telly in the adjacent room.
Kevin: "Dad, did you know that the ancient Greek warriors had to learn 44 different ways of unarmed combat?"
Kevin's father: "Well, at least we've got a two-speed ___________."
2. Kevin wakes up because of sounds coming from his wardrobe cabinet. He shines his torch (flashlight) in that direction and cannot believe what he sees. Six oddly-dressed dwarves, who immediately begin running amok and aplogizing. When they discover he is just a kid they all pounce on him. The one seemingly in charge, Randall, begins bullying Kevin about the way out.
Kevin: "Wh-why don't you go out the way you came?"
Randall: "Don't try to be smart with me ya little creep. If you want to play it smart I'll introduce you to Vermin, he _____________."
3. The Supreme Being materializes as the dwarves give Kevin's bedroom wall one final push. It finally gives way to what they were after all along, a time portal. Ignoring The Supreme Being's warnings of "great danger", one by one the dwarves jump off into the vast darkness of an awaiting time hole. The Supreme Being bears down on Kevin who reluctantly follows them by stepping off into into the unknown. Kevin and the six dwarves re-emerge in 1796 during The Battle of Castiglione, which is being waged by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte.
Kevin: "Who was that man chasing you?"
Fidget: "That was no man, that was The Supreme Being."
Kevin: "Oh, you mean ___ ?"
Fidget: "Well, we don't know him that well."
4. The dwarves proclaim themselves to be international robbers before showing Kevin their intended target: Napoleon Bonaparte. The Time Bandits come to the rescue after hearing Napoleon's following complaint.
Napoleon: "Where are the little puppets hitting each other? That's what I like _____________ hitting each other."
5. Napoleon takes a shine to the six men who are shorter than himself, after their rambunctious rendition of "Me and My Shadow". Napoleon dismisses his generals, relieving them of their duties and, to everyone's surprise, appoints Kevin and the six dwarves to be his new generals. Before the night is through they rob Napoleon blind, before slipping through another time hole, and finding themselves next in The Middle Ages.
Randall: "To be quite frank, Kevin, the fabric of the universe is far from perfect. It was a bit of a botched job, you see? We only had seven days to make it. That's where this comes in. This is the only map of all the holes. Well, why repair them? Why not use them to get stinking rich?"
Wally: "Yeah, stinking rich. Lads? Here's to stinking rich."
Randall: "Stinking rich. Stinking rich."
Fidget: "And to Kevin."
Strutter: "Yeah, Kevin!"
Wally: "Here's to Kevin!"
Og: "Yeah, _________ Kevin."
6. Meeting some other villainous types in the woods, Randall suggests a link-up between their two gangs but insists on only speaking to the boss. They are led to a small ramshackle village where, from inside a tent, Robin Hood emerges. "Hello, I'm __________."
7. A jovial Robin Hood goes down the line of dwarves, shaking their hands and asking them various questions.
Robin Hood: "And how long have you been a robber?"
Strutter: "_______________."
Robin Hood: "Good lord! Jolly good. _____________? Well, tha- tha- that i- i- is a long time."
8. Down in the Fortress of Ultimate Darkness, Evil and his minions, watch the time bandits run amok, while complaining of his nemesis, The Supreme Being.
Evil: "God isn't interested in technology. He knows nothing of the potential of the microchip or the Silicon Revolution. Look how he spends his time: forty-three species of parrots - ________ for men!"
9. When Evil pauses from complaining about The Supreme Being's more inane creations, Robert, one of Evil's rag-tag helpers, reminds him of another creation.
Evil: "Slugs? He created slugs? They can't hear, they can't speak, they can't ________________. I mean, are we not in the hands of a lunatic?"
10. Unable to escape from The Fortress of Ultimate Darkness,
Evil can only pontificate on what he would do if he ever gets his hands on the map.
Evil: "If I was creating a universe, I wouldn't waste my time on butterflies and daffodils. I'd start with ________, day one."
11. While Evil's minions get caught up in their master's excitement, one minion named Benson, blurts out something that reveals his limited mental capacity. Before turning him into a dog in order to guard the map, Evil says this to Benson, almost as if a compliment.
Evil: "Oh, Benson, dear Benson, you are so mercifully free of the __________________________."
12. The dwarves go off in different directions, returning with the help of various historical icons (Roman warriors, armored knights, cowboys and such) from throughout the ages. Evil mocks them while effortlessly using his powers to stop them. Nevertheless, Evil meets his early demise upon the rare human appearance of the Supreme Being.
Kevin: "Yes, why DO we have to have evil?"
Supreme Being: "I think it has something to do with ___________."
13. After reviving Fidget from the dead, and re-assigning the dwarves to the Undergrowth Department (Supreme Being: "Well, you all were rather appallingly bad robbers"), he directs them to pick up each and every piece of concentrated evil. He warns them that one drop will turn them all into hermit crabs. When they believe they are finished they take their places alongside the Supreme Being.
Supreme Being: "Right, come on then, back to Creation. I musn't waste anymore time. They'll think I've lost control again and put it all down to __________."
14. Kevin wakes up in his bed, back in his old room, in a room now filled with black smoke. A fireman breaks down the door, scoops Kevin up, and takes him outside of the burning house. Another fireman emerges with a toaster oven, smoke streaming out of it.
Fire Brigade: "This is what started it. Left the Sunday joint cooking all night, didn't we?"
Kevin's mom: "Sunday joint? It's ____________!"
15. A member of the fire brigade winks at Kevin before driving away. Kevin looks up from the Polaroid pictures he took throughout time, to see his parents slowly reach into the toaster oven.
Kevin: "Mom. Dad! Don't touch it! It's _______!"
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