These are some memorable Mittens quotes from the animated movie Bolt.
Mittens on the Simple Joys of a Regular Dog’s Life
“Ah, don’t worry about it. Being a regular dog is, like, the greatest gig in the world. Okay? Look. I’m gonna let you in on a little secret, okay? A little-known cat secret. You know why we hate dogs? ‘Cause we wanna be dogs. We have dog complexes.”
“Slobber, sleep, chase tails, chew shoes. You don’t exactly need a master’s degree.”
“This. The entire floor. “It hits the ground, it goes to the hound.” How cool is that? And on cold nights, this and a ball of yarn… It doesn’t get better than that.”
“I think it’s about time I introduced you to the regular dog piece de résistance. (Takes Bolt to the window) Go ahead. Stick your head out.”
“Just do it.”
“And stick your tongue out.”
“No, thanks. It’s really a dog thing.”
Mittens on the Illusion of Reality
“Hey. Hey, Bolt. Wake up. Come on. I’ve got a surprise for you. (Takes Bolt to the neon dump.) Okay, okay. No peeking. All right, now, open them. Bask in the glow, baby.”
“Look at me, Bolt. I’m real.”
“Now, how about this? Is that real? Does this look real to you? Or that? Is that real? Or that? How about that, Bolt? She’s an actress. She’s just pretending.”
“There is no Penny. She’s fake.”
“No, no, Bolt. That’s what they do, okay? They act like they love you, they act like they’ll be there forever, and then one day they’ll pack up all their stuff and move away and take their love with them, and leave their declawed cat behind to fend for herself! They leave her wondering… What she did wrong.”
“(sigh) Listen, this may be really hard for you to understand, but, you see, sometimes things aren’t what they seem to be. I mean, sometimes you think something’s really real and it’s not. And sometimes–“
“Long story short, I was tied to a delusional dog and dragged across the country. But that is not important now. The real question is, what are you doing here? And why aren’t you in there?”
Mittens on Friendship and Concern
“Bolt? What are you doing here?”
“You… You came all the way back here for me?”
“But how’d you… I mean, you don’t have any superpowers.”
“Really?”
“Wow. Crazy day for you, huh?”
“No.”
“Hey there, Rhino.”
“He’s… Uh… He’s gone.”
“Yeah, but he instructed me to tell you that he had to face the Green-Eyed Man alone.”
“Whoa! Where are you going?”
“But he doesn’t need us anymore.”
“He went the other way.”
“Rhino! Hold up! Hold up!”
“No, Bolt. It is real. I was in there just now. I saw her face after you left. She’s brokenhearted. She doesn’t want just any dog. She loves you. She’s your person, Bolt, and you are her dog.”
“Bolt, you’re just gonna have to trust me on this.”
“No. You need to hear this.”
“What is it?”
“What do we do?”
“Not on my watch, rodent! (Grabs Rhino before his ball shatters.)”
“You could say that again. (Gets scratched by Penny’s mom) Oh, yeah. Right there, right there. Over. Yeah, that’s the spot.”