Abby Mallard, the endearing and insightful duck from Disney’s Chicken Little, often provides a voice of reason and support to her friends.
Abby’s Life Advice
- “AII right, forget the nut part. Here’s the main thing. You have got to stop messing around, and deal with the problem.”
- “Here’s the real solution. You and your dad talk-talk-talking… closure!”
- “Closure, talking about something until it’s resolved.”
- “Yeah, but according to Cosmo Duck, you should “stop the squawk and try the talk.””
- “Avoiding closure with your parents can cause early molting.”
- “What? AII right, that’s it. We are doing an intervention! You have got to stop messing around and deal with the problem!”
- “OK. I’m sure there’s a simple, logical explanation.”
Abby’s Supportive Words
- “Hey, hey, hey. No worries, Mr. Woolensworth.”
- “Calm down, Runt! Just… just do what Fish is doing!”
- “Yeah, I heard about the movie. Tough break.”
- “Well, Hey! Maybe it’ll just go straight to video.”
- “Come on. You are not a loser. You’re inventive and resourceful and funny and cute and…”
- “Chicken Little has something to tell you! Tell him. He can handle it.”
- “Sit tight, Fish!”
- “You’re just fine.”
- “Everything’s OK. Now breathe.”
- “OK. Now, just do the thing you do to relax.”
- “Did they hurt you? Say something!”
- “Mr. Cluck! Wait! He’s telling the truth!”
- “This is good! Keep going. Keep going!”
Abby’s Funny Observations
- “Tough morning?”
- “Gum in the crosswalk?”
- “Incoming on your right.”
- “Uh-oh.”
- “I see him! (WARTHOG SQUEALING) Yes!”
- “That’s the nutshell.”
- “No. Buh-buh…”
- “Buh! What’s got to happen now is the nut needs to be cracked open! And not one little chip at a time, but… bam! Smash! Bits of emotion flying everywhere! Anger! Frustration! Denial! Fear! Deep depression, in fact! You see what I’m saying?”
- “Men.”
- “I guess only girls are good at honest communication and sensitivity.”
- “Turn around!”
- “Uh-huh.”
- “Yo, I’ll tell you what I want What I really really want”
- “I’ll tell you what I want What I really really want”
- “Hello! Mallard residence.”
- “Runt! Quiet! I’m on the phone!”
- “Hey! Where are you? We already started. We were…”
- “What?!”
- “Bizarre. OK. Lemme guess. You haven’t told your dad yet.”
- “I knew it! Why haven’t you told him? There hasn’t been – “you, your dad, talk-talk-talking.””
- “Really? What did he say?”
- “[annoyed, to Runt] Runt!”
- “Hey, remember when that icy blue stuff fell from the sky? Everybody thought it was from space and stuff? And it just turned out to be frozen pee from a jet airplane.”
- “How about Tinkle?”
- “Whiz?”
- “Wee wee?”
- “Oh, Runt!”
- “Runt!”
- “What’s that noise?”
- “Go! Go! It’s locked!”
- “Why are we doing this?”
- “[desperate] No, wait! There were aliens!”
- “Okay, that’s not what I had in mind, but…”
- “And we’re good. Let’s go. Let’s go.”
- “[chuckling] Now that’s closure.”
- “OK.”
- “Floor it!”