Flushed Away

Flushed Away is a 2006 CGI-animated film about an uptown pet rat who gets flushed down the toilet from his London apartment, down into the drains of London, where he has to learn a whole new and different way of life. Produced by DreamWorks Animation and Aardman and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Directed by David Bowers and Sam Fell. Written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais, Chris Lloyd, Joe Keenan and William Davies. Story by Sam Fell, Peter Lord, Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais.
Music by Harry Gregson-Williams.
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Roderick "Roddy" St. James

  • Wake up. I think there's someone in the house. Sarge, wake up!
  • Oh, I'm not home! I wanna go home! Shush! Stop it, stop it, Roddy! Stop it, I want to go home! Pull yourself together! I can't. I'm frightened. Stop it, stop it, stop it! All right, Roddy, old man, you can get yourself out of here, and you will. Never forget, the blood of the courageous St. James clan flows through your veins.
  • I don't even know her! I don't know anything about anything!
  • [after he accidentally destroys The Toad's shrine and Whitey grabs him] Oh, heaven, help me!
  • Liquid nitrogen?! That will freeze us instantly!
  • Roddy St. James saves the day.
  • [talking to himself after stealing the Jammy Dodger when he overheard Rita's conversation with Liam and her father, and believed she double-crossed him] That double-crossing little schemer. I don't need her. I mean, anyone can get out and sail. Look at me!
  • I was not sneaking around.
  • Rita, we're going over! [Rita: Well, do something!]
  • As promised, the Kensington jewels. A genuine star-cut ruby. [Rita: It's just beautiful!] And the best part? [taps the ruby on the rim of the jewel box] Unbreakable.
  • When everyone goes to the toilet, the whole city will be flushed away!
  • Come and get me, you big, fat, slimy airbag!

Rita Malone

  • What are you doing on my boat?
  • [as Whitey grabs hold of her and Roddy] Let me go, you pink-eyed freak! [kicks him in the face with her foot]
  • [to Roddy; coldly] You're toast.
  • That jewel belongs to my father, and you know it!
  • [after Roddy accidentally destroys The Toad's shrine] Smashing.
  • There's a paper clip in my back pocket. See if you can get it. [yelps as Roddy accidentally touches something of hers; through gritted teeth] In the pocket, in the pocket!
  • [to The Toad after getting back the ruby] The prize returns to me! You big, fat, slimy airbag!
  • [firing crayons at Roddy as he shields himself with a phone] Real or not, that ruby was gonna change my life!
  • Me and my dad worked these drains for years. He broke every bone in his body trying to get that ruby. It was gonna be the answer to all our prayers. Now it turns out it was a stupid fake.
  • When I make a deal, I make a deal.
  • Come and have a go if you think you're fast enough!
  • [waking up Roddy with the boat's horn] Wakey-wakey! We're getting close to Kensington. Tie down anything loose. It's gonna be a bumpy ride.
  • [believing The Toad is referring to the ruby] I don't have it anymore. It was a fake anyway.
  • [getting back the master cable from Le Frog] My belt, I think.
  • [sadly watching her boat sinking] Goodbye, Jammy, me old mate.
  • [as Roddy comes to rescue her] Do you think we can talk about this after you rescue me?
  • [as the whole city cheers for Roddy for saving them and defeating The Toad] You're a hero, Roddy.

The Toad

  • [offended when Roddy believes he finds his shrine amusing] I said you'd find it diverting, not amusing! [Roddy: When I said "amusing", I really meant it in the sense of the ancient Greek muse, the goddess of inspiration. Muse.]
  • [outraged after Roddy accidentally destroys his shrine and threatens to freeze both him and Rita] Ice him! Ice them both!
  • Now, let me see the latest addition to my cubist collection. [the ice cube slides down in front of him, showing Spike and Whitey frozen] What?! Impossible!
  • You need to be back in time for the World Cup Final. [Spike: Oh, great! Are we watching the game together, boss?] [infuriated] JUST GET THE CABLE!!!
  • You find my pain funny?
  • Let there be light!
  • You think you're so clever, don't you? Well, I'll be the one laughing when every last revolting rat is flushed away! For I shall repopulate the city… with these!
  • [after Roddy and Rita defeated him in foiling his plans and saved the city; last words] You wretched vermin! I'll make you pay for this!

Dialogue

[first lines; a taxi pulls up at Kensington]
Mother: [looking outside the window] Car's here!
Father: It's 9:00 already! We're miss our flight!
Mother: Traveller's cheques…
Father: You have the tickets, darling?
Mother: Tabitha, did you feed Roddy?
Tabitha: Oops.
Mother: [off-screen] I just know we've forgotten something.
Tabitha: [enters her bedroom, looking for Roddy in his cage] Roddy, where are you? [spilling in food] We'll be back in a few days, so here's enough food for you. Here's a little more.
Mother: [off-screen] Tabitha!
Tabitha: Here's a little more.
Mother: [off-screen] I hope you're not overfeeding him.
Tabitha: Of course not, Mum. [dumps the whole bag of rat feed into Roddy's "house"]
Father: [off-screen] Come on, Tabitha!
Tabitha: Bye, Roddy!
Father: [off-screen] We don't want to miss our holiday.
Tabitha: I'm coming, I'm coming! [runs out of the house and closes the door]
Roddy: [sniffing, sliding down, opening the door] When the cat's away, the mice will play! The holiday starts now, everyone! Music, maestro! [presses the play button, Billy Idol music playing a song Dancing with Myself, grabbing a leg, playing like a guitar] Hey, what are you all standing around for? I got a big day planned! Let's go, people! Chop-chop!
Roddy: Swimmingly.
Sid: Be seeing you, my friend. [flushing Roddy down the drain] You plonker! You think I don't know a toilet when I see one? You were going to flush me down the loo!
Roddy: No! It's a big jacuzzi! Deluxe model!
Sid: Then you won't mind if I get the bubbles going.
Roddy: No! Not the lever! Have mercy! No, I can't swim!
Sid: Bon voyage, me old cream cracker. Hold your nose.
Roddy: You can't do this!
Sid: You were going to try and flush me? Let's see here how you like it!
Goldfish: [Roddy picks up fish] Have you seen my Dad?
Roddy: [throws his goldfish] Eurgh!
[As Roddy is sent flying through a clothesline]
Rat Passerby: Is it a bird?
Rat Passerby #2: Is it a plane?
Rat Passerby #3: Is that guy wearing my underpants?
Roddy: Whooooaaaaa…
Roddy: Hello? Uh, permission to come aboard? [boards the Jammy Dodger boat] Ahoy there? Uh... [looks at the hand, moving up and down, walking to him, moving around him, and grabs him] Sorry. I didn't mean to intrude, Mr. Captain, Skipper Thingy.
Rita: Hey! [reveals herself from the shadows] That's Miss Captain Skipper Thingy to you.
Roddy: Oops.
Rita: What are you doing on my boat?
Roddy: Look, I've had a really bad day and I just need your help. You see, I've been thrown out of my own home, I've been flushed down my own toilet. [the hand puts a finger over his mouth]
Rita: Yeah, thank you, too much information. I've got my own problems, mate.
Spike: [off-screen] She's around here somewhere!
Rita: [presses a button] Stay down. And keep quiet.
[the boat puts the sail down like wall bricks]
Roddy: Why? Who are we hiding from?
Rita: [covers his mouth] I said quiet! There's rats after me who'd like to kill me.
Roddy: Well, I'll contain my amazement. [Rita groans in annoyance] All right, all right. Quiet as a mouse. [accidentally pushes a lever with his elbow, then the horn blares at the sail, falling in the water, lifts his elbow off the lever] Aah!
Spike: OVER THERE!
Rita: [to Roddy; irked] You idiot!
Roddy: Sorry about that. [chuckles] I'll be off then. Sorry. [falls down] Ah! Sorry. Sorry. Sorry! [falls in the water]
Spike: We can't let her get away!
Roddy: [gets out of the water, then the slugs scream] Shh! Shh!
Rita: [trying to start up her boat] Come on, Jammy, me old mate, don't do this to me!
[Whitey grabs both Rita and Roddy]
Rita: Let me go, you pink-eyed freak! [violently kicks Whitey in the face with her foot]
Whitey: I'm upset now. [looks at Roddy]
Roddy: [shrieks] Whatever's going on, I assure you, I'm not involved! I'm just an innocent bystander.
Spike: Rita, Rita, Rita. [laughing] Thought you could give us the slip? [slips and falls] What are you looking at? Keep still! Come on, then! Right! [notices Roddy] Who have we got here?
Whitey: I believe he said his name was Millicent Bystander.
Roddy: Rita, will you please tell these people I'm not involved in this?
Rita: Fine. All right, all right, listen up. This gentleman, he's not from around here.
Roddy: Thank you.
Rita: Just look how nicely he's dressed.
Roddy: Ah, thank you.
Rita: And why? Because he's an international jewel thief!
Roddy: Precisely... What? No! No, no!
Toad: Hello, Rita.
Rita: Hello, handsome.
Toad: [gestures to Roddy] And who is this? Is your new boyfriend a waiter?
Rita: Boyfriend?!
Roddy: Waiter?!
Toad: [snaps fingers and Spike gives him the ruby] The prize returns to me. Did you imagine that I would let you steal it from me?
Rita: What?! That jewel belongs to my father, and you know it! [Whitey pulls her back]
[Roddy and Rita are both placed in the fridge and chained together for freezing]
Toad: Prepare to meet your maker, your ice maker. [cackles sinisterly]
Whitey: [chuckling] Makes me laugh every time.
Toad: Shut that door.
Roddy: Liquid nitrogen? That will freeze us instantly!
Rita: There's a paper clip in my back pocket. See if you can get it. [yelps; annoyingly in gritted teeth] In the pocket! In the pocket!
Spike: Blimey, it's cold.
Whitey: That's why I wore me mittens.
Spike: Wha...? Hitmen don't wear mittens! Take 'em off! You're embarrassing me!
Whitey: It's alright for you. You've got little hands. They don't freeze as much.
[Roddy lands flat on Rita's boat after trying to look for her by escaping Spike and Whitey, and accidentally makes her slip the ruby out of her hand]
Rita: What are you, some kind of rat boomerang?! Give me back my ruby!
Roddy: I haven't got your ruby! [the ruby falls in his hand; Rita gasps] Okay. Well, now I've got your ruby.
Rita: Please be careful. That ruby means a lot to me. It's priceless.
Roddy: Hold on... [inspects the ruby] It's a fake.
Rita: [laughs] No, it's blooming not. It's real!
Roddy: No, no, no, look. It's…it's…it's just glass.
Rita: It's real!
Roddy: Fake.
Rita: Real!
Roddy: Fake.
Rita: Real!
Roddy: Fake.
[Short pause]
Rita: Real!
Roddy: Fake.
Rita: Real!
Roddy: Fake.
Rita: Real!
Roddy: Fake.
Rita: Real!
Roddy: Look, look, look, look, look. You can tell. Watch this. [breaks the ruby; Rita shrieks in shock, they then watch the ruby pieces sink into in the water] There, you see? I mean, you can't break a real ruby. [Rita gives him a furious look; nervously] Ah. Right. I probably shouldn't have done that. But look on the bright side, I saved your neck. I mean, once the Toad knows it's worthless, he'll stop chasing you for it. Roddy St. James saves the day! [Rita angrily punches him in the face, and he tumbles into the bottom of the boat] Good grief! You try to do somebody a favor, and they...OW!
Rita: A favor?! [throwing objects at him while lashing out] That ruby was from Queen Elizabeth's crown! It fell down the drain of Buckingham Palace!
Roddy: [dodging her attacks] Well, uh… Maybe the Queen wears fake jewelry.
Rita: Keep still!
Roddy: Can we just talk about this?
Rita: Real or not, that ruby was gonna change…my…life!!
Roddy: [walking up to a sulking Rita] Rita?
Rita: Just go away, please.
Roddy: Um… I'm sorry.
Rita: [scoffs] Sorry? Me and my dad worked these drains for years. He broke every bone in his body trying to get that ruby. [sighs] It was gonna be the answer to all our prayers. Now it turns out it was a stupid fake.
Roddy: Well… Maybe I can make it up to you.
Rita: Get stuffed.
Roddy: No, no, no. I mean it. Back at my place, we've got a jewelry box crammed with rubies and diamonds. Real ones. So… All you have to do is get me home to Kensington, and I'll make you rich beyond your wildest dreams.
Rita: [exhales deeply; turns around] How do I know this ain't just a load of old rubbish?
Roddy: Well, I suppose you'll just have to trust me.
Rita: I must be out of my mind. All right. You got yourself a deal.
Toad: Where are those idiots?! [to his tadpoles] It's so hard to get hope these days, my boys. Yes, that's right. [The Toad speaks in a baby voice] Oh, come on out, my lovelies. Cheer your old dad up. Poor Daddy, surrounded by flithy rats in this joyless, sunless void! But don't worry, my little men. Daddy will get rid of them all! He will. They'll all be deady-weady. [The Toad kisses the jar, and his tadpoles hug their daddy from inside. Spike and Whitey arrive. The Toad hides his jar, but still has his baby voice.] Did you find it?
Spike: Eh?
Toad: [snaps out of it] Ah, no! Did you find it?
Spike: Well, we got most of it, boss. [he and Whitey show the toad pieces of the ruby. The Toad slaps it out of their hands]
Toad: Forget the ruby! It's the master cable that I want. The one that grubby creature Rita took.
Spike and Whitey: Oh, no!
Toad: Without it, my plan is ruined!
Spike: Okay, chief. Forget the ruby. Ruby's gone. See? See? Moving on. We are now your cable guys.
Whitey: Focused. Cable-centric, boss.
Toad: You need to be back in time for the World Cup Final.
Spike: Oh, great! Are we watching the game together, boss?
[Cut to outside the Toad's office; Spike and Whitey get thrown through a glass window]
Toad: [angrily] JUST GET THE CABLE!
[Spike screams]
Whitey: Keep your legs straight!
Liam: [seeing Roddy outside the window] Oi, Mum! There's a Peeping Tom outside!
Grandma Malone: Tom?! Ooh, it's Tom Jones!
Mrs. Malone: Mother, it's not Tom Jones.
Rita: That's… That's just my passenger.
Mrs. Malone: He's very good-looking.
Rita: He is not coming in.
[Rita and her father are having a conversation in the kitchen, discussing about getting Roddy back to Up Top]
Rita: I'm not saying it isn't risky.
Mr. Malone: But it's impossible, Rita. No one's ever got past the rapids at Hyde Park.
Rita: Dad, Dad, Dad! He's gonna pay us!
Mr. Malone: For the last time, we don't need the money!
Cockroach: A new stove might be nice.
Rita's Sister: So, you're from Up Top?
Roddy: Yes.
Mrs. Malone: (You know,) I've met one of your lot before.
Roddy: Oh, really?
Mrs. Malone: Used to be some old lady's pet.
Roddy: That's nice.
Mrs. Malone: Terribly lonely for him, though. He had no one to talk to.
Grandma Malone: [hugs him] No one to cuddle with!
Shocky: No one to shocky.
Mrs. Malone: Well, that's no life, is it?
Rita: We Malones, never go back on the word.
Liam: He's gonna steal your boat.
Rita: He won't steal my boat.
Liam: He's stealing your boat.
Rita: He isn't stealing...
Liam: He stole your boat.
Rita: What?!
Liam: He's like Robin Hood in reverse.
Rita: [calling out to Roddy when he steals the Jammy Dodger] Oi! I thought we had a deal!
Roddy: So did I!
Roddy: [angrily shaking the boat's engine] Just start, you worthless old pile of rubbish! You useless, unreliable...
Rita: [off-screen] Untrustworthy, double-crossing, two-faced, conniving little toe-rag!
Roddy: [pops up; laughs sarcastically] Oh! So I'm the double-crosser? Oh, yes, that's rich! I overheard everything. Yes, you and your family were gonna sell me to The Toad!
Rita: What? You dipstick! That was my stupid little brother's plan. And no one listens to him.
Roddy: Ah, must have missed that part.
Rita: How could you think I'd sell you out? When I make a deal, I make a deal. (By the way,) Your hair's on fire.
Whitey: Are you sure about this, Spike? These things are dangerous.
Spike: Danger is my middle name!
Whitey: I thought it was Leslie.
Whitey: Do you think the boss will be annoyed with us?
Toad: [outraged] YOU INCOMPETENT CHEESE-EATERS! You let them escape?!
Le Frog: Forgive me, my warty English cousin, but this bizarre obsession with the rats, it is not good for you. You are becoming what we French call 'le fruitcake'!
Toad: Perhaps you forget that it was a rat who cast me from paradise!
Le Frog: [Rolling his eyes] Oh please! Not the scrapbook again.
Toad: [pulls a book off a shelf] My memoirs. Volume one details the dire and tragic story of my youth.
Le Frog: Oh, mon dieu.
Toad: Of all the pets in Buckingham Palace, the young Prince Charles fancied me the best.
Le Frog: Aww.
Toad: We would frolic day after sunny day in royal abandon, sharing that sweet and magical bond between boy and toad.
Le Frog: You're going to make me throw up.
Toad: We were inseparable until... it arrived. That rat! While the poor boy's head was turned, I was cruelly plunged into a whirlpool of despair. [begins to cry]
Le Frog: I know, I know. You were flushed away down the loo, right? [drinks some wine, then spits it out. Exclaims in disgust after reading the label British Bliss Wine] Boo hoo hoo, it is so dark, so cold, so terrible. [chuckles]
Toad: You find my pain funny?
Le Frog: I find everyone's pain funny but my own. I'm French. [chuckles nervously]
Toad: [stands up and knocks over a table] Just get the cable!
Le Frog: We leave immediately! [walks off]
Henchfrog: What about dinner?
Le Frog: [comes back] We leave... in five hours.
Rita: Tell me about yourself, Roddy.
Roddy: Well, there's not much to tell.
Rita: You know everything about me, warts and all. I don't even know what you do.
Roddy: I'm... I'm in a boy band.
Rita: What?
Roddy: Yeah. Yeah, I'm the posh one.
Le Frog: Okay, men. To action!
Henchfrogs: We Surrender!
Le Frog: No! Not that one, you idiots! The kung-fu thing!
Rita: Roddy, do you think we can talk about this after you rescue me?
Roddy: Of course. There's no time. When that whistle blows, and when everyone Up Top goes to the toilet, it's gonna flush away the whole city!
Rita: I know. And my family are all down there.
Roddy: We've got to warn everyone.
Tadpole: Is this the glorious amphibian dawn, Dad?
Toad: Anything for you, my little man.
Tadpole: Can I have a pony?
Toad: No.
Tadpole: A puppy?
Toad: We'll talk about it.
Tadpole: Can we talk about it now?
Toad: No! [all his tadpoles in the tank start clamoring for a puppy] No, you can't all have puppies, please! Daddy's working!
Roddy, Rita and Le Frog: Whoooaaaaa!
Mr. Malone: [turns around, seeing the giant tidal wave coming towards the city] WAVE! WAVE!
Crowd: England!
Mr. Malone: NO! GIANT WAVE!!!
[Roddy, Rita, and her whole family set off at super fast speed in the newly built Jammy Dodger II]
Rita: Where are going?
Roddy: I have no idea! But we're gonna get there really fast!
Grandma Malone: [swimming fast to catch up] I'M COMING, MR. JONES! I'M COMING!

Taglines

  • Someone's Going Down.

Cast

Main cast

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