A Different World

[the class has decided to leave a time capsule to be remembered by]

African Student:
Excuse me, please, but what is a time capsule?

Kim Reese:
A time capsule is when people bury something that's important to them and then dig them up later.

Ron Johnson:
Like dogs with bones. [pause] Or women with grudges.

Kim Reese:
[crying after Claire Huxstable asks about her career goals] Everybody expects me to be good I'm not good. What if I mess up on a patient? I can't even chop zuchini.

[repeated Line]

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Relax, relate, release.

[Whitley's bridesmaids scream as they enter her bedroom on her wedding day morning]

Marion Gilbert:
Ladies, ladies please. Your loud screaming will give me a headache which will cause me to frown and lead me to an early face lift.

[Ron and Dwayne are dressed as women to hide from cocaine dealers that are chasing them]

Ron Johnson:
You look ridiculous.

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
Well, nobody's gonna mistake you for Miss America.

Ron Johnson:
I'm talking about you lipstick it clashes with your blouse.

[after returning from the Island Police station dressed as women because they're hiding from drug dealers]

Ron Johnson:
You got my butt pinched by some dock worker.

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
A butt pinch hurts a lot less then a bullet wound.

Ron Johnson:
[snatching off his wig and slamming it angryly on the couch] At least a bullet is something you can take like a man.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
[after noticing Freddie's face was painted] Sorry Homey, Whitley don't play that!

Julian Day:
[Whitley and Julian are breaking up in an Italian restaurant] Waiter, check please.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Yes, la cuenta and *fast*!

Julian Day:
It's "il conto".

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Oh, cuenta, conto, Kunta Kinte, just get the ding-dang check!

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
[after sleeping with Dwayne the night before] Last night didn't mean anything. As far as Dwayne is concerned, that ship has sailed and sunk.

Kim Reese:
Not if you can't tell Bryon about it.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Why? We're not even an official couple yet.

Kim Reese:
Whitley, if you can't tell him, maybe last night meant more than you think.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Such pearls of wisdom from one who pines over that swine Ron Johnson.

Kim Reese:
Well, at least I've got it numbered down to one.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
But has he?

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
[after being sexually harassed by her employee] It's so nice to know women have a place in business. Too bad it's horizontal.

Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks:
Ron, you are looking at a woman on a mission.

Ron Johnson:
You're looking at a man on a mission. I have to go talk to Kim.

Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks:
Um, wait. I want us to get past our petty differences. There is something that I would like to share with you, brother, and it's from right here, the ol' ticker. My heart.

Ron Johnson:
Oh. Okay.

Winifred 'Freddie' Brooks:
I don't like you, Ron. I never have. You're a greasy worm with the charm of a cockroach. Whoo! [Starts moving around and shaking] Ah, giving birth, giving birth! [Places her palms on her forehead] Oh, man! Telling the truth is so freeing and it's so forgiving because I forgive myself for not telling you this years ago.

Gina Devereaux:
It's not what you think, Whitley. Dion is the sweetest, most romantic guy I've ever gone out with.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
So I've heard. He's just nervous about the concert.

Gina Devereaux:
Well, you know how I am - I'm so self-centered and I'm always running off at the mouth, and you know how I flirt.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
There's no excuse for what he did to you, Gina. You're much smarter than this.

Gina Devereaux:
But he loves me... and I don't want to break up with him. [Sniffs] I just want him to stop.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Throwing jabs? You're making a big mistake, Gina, if you think you can change that boy.

Gina Devereaux:
Well, I mean, I can try, can't I? Isn't love about sacrifices? I mean, maybe I am being stupid, but I don't even care anymore.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
I think you do, Gina. I think you do care. I think you're embarrassed about that black eye. Believe me, I know about sacrifices. But I'd rather sacrifice my relationship than my body... or my spirit.

Gina Devereaux:
Well... that's easy for you to say. You always got somebody.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
That's right. And her name is Whitley. Gina, do you really think you need a man that doesn't respect you? [Removes Gina's glasses and holds her chin upwards, so that she is facing Whitley directly]

Gina Devereaux:
[as tears stream down her face] I better not miss his call. [Rushes out of the room]

Shazza Zulu:
Look, if we as Hillman men don't treat our women right, they'll go to somebody white. Kim Reese did!

Kim Reese:
You pseudo-intellectual male with a pseudo-African name spouting pseudo-philosophy about a whole bunch of nothing! In fact, the only thing about you that's real are your green eyes... MY BRUTHA!

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
[the Rodney King verdict is aired on a television in a department store. Four white cops are acquitted of beating a unarmed Black man. Several worried people are glued to the set. There is a feeling of outrage among the small throng] How could they acquit them? I mean, it was on tape. Hard evidence.

Ianta:
Evidence?

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Solid!

Ianta:
Girl, please. They can beat us, kill us, do whatever they wanna do - and get off - just like they always have.

Ianta:
[scoffs]

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
We still have the Constitution to protect us.

Ianta:
When that piece of paper was written, African people in this country were slaves - ALL of us. We sisters were considered nothing but bed warmers!

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
But we have our rights now. I mean, they-they're not gonna deny me. I'm an African American.

Ianta:
Here, Ms. Lambchop. Stop worrying about integrating and being accepted, and start thinking about building - for yourself, for our people - so that we can provide a *future* for our children.

[thunderous applause is heard on soundtrack]

Ianta:
No, actually, the name is Ianta, but you can call me dark and lovely.

Whitley Marion Gilbert Wayne:
Oh, don't let me turn street on you!

Vernon Gaines:
How about a refill?

Gina Devereaux:
No thanks, Mr. Gaines

Vernon Gaines:
Now, I know it's not my place, but it's old folks nature to butt in.

Gina Devereaux:
Mr. Gaines, I've been getting a little too much of that lately.

Vernon Gaines:
Well, I'll make it quick then. Tell you a story about my cousin Ida Mae. We grew up together. Ida Mae was always saying "I don't believe my husband loves me unless he hits me once a week." Well, one day her husband LOVED her to death. And we buried her last year.

Garth Parks:
Excuse me, Courtney.

Whitley Gilbert:
[furiously] Courtney? It's WHITLEY, you dumb jock!

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
[worried about Freddie going out with Garth] I was just thinking about guys - you know, how we treat women. When you were my age, you did a little hoochie - did a little coochie too?

Coach Walter Oakes:
Sorry, did your daddy have this talk with you?

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
No, Walter. Just try to imagine back then. You and your girl had the house to yourselves, you're in the den on the couch, lights are low, Jeffrey Osborne is telling you that you're going all the way.

Coach Walter Oakes:
I've been there.

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
All of a sudden, things are getting heavy, she calls for timeout.

Coach Walter Oakes:
I've been there, too.

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
Now, you know that her mouth is saying no, but you're sure there are parts of her saying yes - not to mention, the parts of you. What part do you listen to?

Coach Walter Oakes:
Her MOUTH. And then you go outside and take a swim in an unheated pool.

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
So it's not my job to get her off the hook or to help her give it up.

Coach Walter Oakes:
[snickers] Man, if you think that's your job, your next job will be pressing license plates.

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
[in a high voice] Get out of here!

Coach Walter Oakes:
Man, what you're talking about is rape!

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
No, no, Walter, this isn't some wacko in the bushes with a raincoat; this is you and your honey.

Coach Walter Oakes:
Now, I don't care, man. After a woman says no and you don't listen, it's rape. Plain and simple, cased closed...

[hits the table]

Coach Walter Oakes:
...10 to 20.

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
[after a long pause] Oh, man.

Coach Walter Oakes:
Now, it's my turn to ask questions. Why are we talking about this?

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
Well, it's just that... you know, guys need to talk about this stuff, too.

Garth Parks:
[after telling Walter a lie] I'm never going out with her again.

Coach Walter Oakes:
[thought about what Dwayne told him] Oh, you got that right. You might not be going out for a long time.

Coach Walter Oakes:
[after Garth's arrest] I can't believe I actually begged that kid to come to school here. I even promised his mama that her little boy will write home every week.

Jaleesa Vinson Taylor:
Walter, he had us all fooled.

Whitley Gilbert:
Not me. I knew the minute that cad called me Courtney he was a worm.

Kimberly 'Kim' Reese:
I am so glad Freddie had the guts to report Garth to the police.

Leticia 'Lettie' Bostic:
A lot of girls don't. They think if they were out on a date, somehow they were responsible.

Kimberly 'Kim' Reese:
That's probably what kept Tammy from saying anything until now.

Whitley Gilbert:
That's it! I'm starting a petition to have that overlook changed into a bird sanctuary!

[Whitley is torn about saying 'I do']

Marion Gilbert:
Go on, Reverend, go on!

Rev. Soams:
I can't until she responds!

Marion Gilbert:
Well, she means yes!

Rev. Soams:
Well, she's got to say yes!

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
Will you?

Shazza Zulu:
Blessed are those who ask the questions, brother!

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
Whitley, I love you, and if you'll have me, I want you to be my wife!

Byron Douglas III:
What the HELL are you doing?

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
I'm sorry, Byron, I LOVE HER!

Ronald 'Ron' Johnson:
[Ron is fighting off security guards that are trying to stop Dwayne from disrupting the wedding] Let him go, man!

Dwayne Cleophus Wayne:
Will you have me, Dwayne, as your lawfully wedded husband, from this day forth, to have and to hold, for richer or poorer... PLEASE, BABY, PLEASE!

Whitley Gilbert:
I do!