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John Cleese, Jack Palance, James Arrington, Liz Callaway, Lex de Azevedo, Sandy Duncan, Davis Gaines, Jonathan Hadary, Mark Harelik, Dakin Matthews, Howard McGillin, Joel McKinnon Miller, Michelle Nicastro, Tom Alan Robbins, Steve Vinovich, Steven Wright, and David Zippel in The Swan Princess (1994)

Howard McGillin: Adult Prince Derek

The Swan Princess

Howard McGillin credited as playing...

Adult Prince Derek

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  • Rogers: What else is there? She says, "Is beauty all that matters?" And you say, "What else is there?"
  • Prince Derek: It was dumb. I know.
  • Rogers: You should write a book. "How to Offend Women in Five Syllables or Less".
  • Odette: Wait.
  • Prince Derek: What? You're all I ever wanted. You're beautiful.
  • Odette: Thank you. But what else?
  • Prince Derek: What else?
  • Odette: Is beauty all that matters to you?
  • [King William clears his throat and shakes his head disapprovingly. Odette gives King William a dirty look]
  • Queen Uberta: Derek? What else?
  • Prince Derek: I...
  • [to Odette]
  • Prince Derek: What else is there?
  • [Rogers imitates a buzzer and gives a thumbs down and Queen Uberta begins to cry. King William gives Derek a shocked look and she looks at King William with a horrified look on her face and Odette looks away sadly]
  • King William: We tried, Uberta. No one can say we didn't try.
  • [Uberta continues cries. He turns to Odette]
  • King William: Say goodbye, Odette.
  • Odette: Goodbye.
  • King William: Goodbye?
  • Odette: Prince Derek.
  • Prince Derek: Mother.
  • Queen Uberta: Derek.
  • Prince Derek: Goodbye, Princess.
  • [King William and Odette leave]
  • Queen Uberta: All these years of planning wasted!
  • Prince Derek: [about the ball] But please, mother, don't turn it into one of your beauty pageants.
  • Queen Uberta: Oh. No, no, no, no, no. It's just a few friends...
  • [She waits until Derek is out of earshot]
  • Queen Uberta: and their daughters.
  • Princess Odette: Derek.
  • Prince Derek: This one's for Odette.
  • Prince Derek: [after Odette has died] I made the vow for her. Do you hear? The vow I made was for her!
  • Rothbart: No need to shout.
  • Odette: [Odette is dying] Derek, I feel so weak. I think I'm...
  • Prince Derek: No. You'll live, Odette. The vow I made was for you.
  • Prince Derek: Don't let her die.
  • Rothbart: Is that a threat?
  • Prince Derek: Don't you dare let her die.
  • Rothbart: Ooh, it is a threat.
  • Prince Derek: You're the only one with the power. Now, do it.
  • [Rothbart throws him aside]
  • Rothbart: Only if you defeat me.
  • Odette: You must make a vow of everlasting love.
  • Prince Derek: I make it. It's all I've ever wanted.
  • Rogers: Think. You must see something other than Odette's beauty.
  • Prince Derek: Of course I do, Rogers. She's like, you know... How about... And then... I mean, right?
  • [pause]
  • Prince Derek: I don't know how to say it. I'll prove it to her. I'll prove my love. Checkmate.
  • Queen Uberta: Just make sure you're here tomorrow night.
  • Prince Derek: Tomorrow night?
  • Queen Uberta: The ball.
  • Prince Derek: Mother, I can't.
  • Queen Uberta: [blubbering, sputtering]
  • Prince Derek: Please, mother. Don't do the lip thing.
  • Rothbart: Hello, little prince.
  • Prince Derek: Who are you?
  • Rothbart: Went and pledged your love to another, eh?
  • Prince Derek: What are you talking about? This is Odette.
  • Rothbart: No, Odette is mine.
  • Prince Derek: It's you! You have no power here. I made a vow, a vow of everlasting love.
  • Rothbart: You made a vow, all right. A vow of everlasting death.
  • Prince Derek: [ready for target practice] The great animal's never gonna give her up without a fight.
  • Rogers: You're not still thinking she's alive?
  • Prince Derek: When I find the great animal, Rogers, I'll find Odette.
  • Rogers: Oh, Derek, you've looked everywhere. She's not coming back. The whole kingdom knows that.
  • Prince Derek: The whole kingdom's wrong. Odette's alive, and I'm gonna find her.
  • Prince Derek: [King William's captain collapses at the doorway; Derek, Bromley, and Lord Rogers run to his side and Derek recognizes him] It's King William's captain.
  • King William's captain: [with difficulty] We, we were attacked. A great animal.
  • [he faints]
  • Prince Derek: Odette.
  • [takes off]
  • Rogers: Derek! Wait!
  • Prince Derek: [rides his horse into the woods] Odette!
  • [dismounts and checks the abandoned carriage]
  • Prince Derek: Odette? Odette!
  • [Derek finds Odette's locket and finds King William unconscious on the ground]
  • Prince Derek: King William.
  • King William: [weakly] Derek...
  • Prince Derek: Who did this?
  • King William: It came so quickly. A great animal.
  • Prince Derek: Where is Odette?
  • King William: Listen to me, Derek, it's not what it seems. It's not what it seems.
  • Prince Derek: What's not? Where is Odette?
  • King William: [last words] Odette is. Odette... is gone.
  • [he dies, leaving Derek in shock]
  • Prince Derek: Odette!
  • [last lines]
  • Odette: Will you love me, Derek, till the day I die?
  • Prince Derek: No, much longer than that, Odette. Much longer.
  • [they both kiss and the movie ends]
  • Rogers: You're not still thinking she's alive?
  • Prince Derek: When I find the Great Animal, Rogers, I'll find Odette.
  • Rogers: Derek, you've searched everywhere. She's not coming back. The whole kingdom knows that.
  • Prince Derek: The whole kingdom's wrong. Odette's alive, and I'm gonna find her. You ready, Brom?
  • [Bromley lifts up his blindfold]
  • Rogers: No peeking.
  • [Bromley lowers his blindfold and stands at attention]
  • Rogers: Animals, assemble!
  • [Odette has died]
  • Prince Derek: [heartbroken] Odette!
  • [yelling out to Rothbart]
  • Prince Derek: I made the vow for her! Do you hear? The vow I made was for her!
  • Rothbart: No need to shout!
  • Prince Derek: [approaches Rothbart] Don't let her die!
  • Rothbart: Is that a threat?
  • Prince Derek: [grabs Rothbart] Don't you *dare* let her die!
  • Rothbart: [sarcastically] Ooh! It *is* a threat!
  • Prince Derek: You're the only one with the power! Now do it!
  • Rothbart: [pushes Derek to the ground] Only if you defeat... me!
  • [Rothbart raises his hands, throws them onto the ground, disappears in a puff of magic smoke and becomes into a bat-like monster]
  • Prince Derek: [stares in disbelief] The Great Animal!
  • [Great Animal roars and attacks]

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