Are We There Yet? (2005)
Ice Cube: Nick Persons
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Quotes
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Kevin Kingston : Do you have any Justin Timberlake or Clay Aiken?
Nick Persons : [looks up at the sky] Lord, these kids are ethnically challenged. You know you could get shot by playing those CDs in my old neighborhood.
Kevin Kingston : We're not ghetto!
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Nick Persons : [wanting new tires] Look, I'll pay you extra. See? Yao Ming! Rookie card.
Car Mechanic : Oh, I see. You think because I am Chinese that you can get me to do anythi-OOOO! Hologram!
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[a pair of young shoplifters enter the store, one of them walks up to the counter where Nick awaits]
Shoplifter : Hey, Mister, you got any Yu-Gi-Oh?
Nick Persons : What you think?
Shoplifter : You got any Dragonball GT?
Nick Persons : [furiously] Look. You come in here every day, askin' the same questions. We ain't got no Pokémon, no Digimon, no Buffy, no SpongeBob, no Beanie Babies...
[sees the other shoplifter trying to take a rare baseball card]
Nick Persons : ... and no shoplifters!
[chucks a football at the shoplifter, who drops the card, then leaves with his partner]
Nick Persons : Now, get! Both of y'all! Get!
[they spitefully lick the glass door before running away]
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Nick Persons : [on a horse next to a moving train] I'm gonna have to hop on!
Kevin Kingston : I don't think that's a good idea!
Nick Persons : Says who?
Kevin Kingston : Says the guy who put all that junk on the road!
Nick Persons : Oh snap!
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Nick Persons : Oh, damn! Boy, didn't you hear what I just said?
Lindsey Kingston : Ooh, you just swore.
Nick Persons : You're damn right I swore, that's about $400 dollars worth of damage to my new car!
Lindsey Kingston : That's twice! Now you have to put two dollars in the swear jar.
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Nick Persons : Come on, you're driving like a old lady.
Ernst : No, no, you watch. Ernst knows how to drive.
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[Nick's car is burning up]
Nick Persons : Oh, man! I never even got to read the manual!
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Nick Persons : Kiss my 330 cubic inches of V8 power, sucker!
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Nick Persons : What is wrong with you kids?
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[Nick and the kids sit in a diner]
Nick Persons : Want some chocolate cake? It's world famous.
Kevin Kingston : Mom says I shouldn't *have* sugar.
Nick Persons : [to Lindsey] What about you? It'll make your mouth all chocolatey.
Lindsey Kingston : No, thanks.
[shakes her head, gets up and walks out the door; Nick smiles at Kevin, who shakes his head and follows his sister outside; Nick grabs Galactico, sips his milkshake and goes to the door; Kevin and Lindsey are at the bottom of the stairs, looking out ahead; Nick comes out]
Nick Persons : Hey. You forgot something.
[holds up Galactico; Kevin and Lindsey look at him, then turn away]
Nick Persons : Sorry about what happened today. I really wish you guys didn't have to see that.
Kevin Kingston : [turns to look at Nick] He used to look at *me* like that.
Nick Persons : I know, man. When he hugs you, you thought he'd never let you go.
[Kevin nods]
Nick Persons : They make you laugh, they tell you they love you, and then one day they just never come back.
Lindsey Kingston : I'll bet you know all about leaving, don't you, player?
[shakes her head]
Nick Persons : Know what? As a matter of fact, I do... but only because the same thing happened to me when I was your age. Yeah, my pops walked out on us too.
[Lindsey's eyes widen]
Nick Persons : It's a shame that anybody can call theyself a father, but listen. *He's* the failure in this, not you. *He's* the one that's gonna miss out, and I just hope it don't take you guys as long as it took *me* to figure that out... 'cause it's true. You guys is some cool kids.
[Lindsey smiles at him, as does Kevin]
Nick Persons : There you go.
[hands Galactico to Kevin]
Nick Persons : Come on, let's get outta here.
