Shrek · 2001 — 第 1 / 12 章 · 4'05" · B2

Donkey Asks to Stay, Explained:scare the spit out of

What looks like a nonstop compliment session is really a pitch for company: the ogre is called “a mean, green, fighting machine,” but the flattery keeps circling back to the donkey's own lack of friends. The jokes are funny, yet the loneliness underneath makes the request hard to refuse.

あらすじ

After a fight with guards, a talkative donkey follows a green ogre home, praising his fighting and begging to stay. The ogre agrees to one night only and sends him outside; the donkey keeps talking to himself about being alone.

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really somethingbabes in the woodsscare the spit out ofget the job done

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  1. ❝ 独白Fake praise of the house4 行練習ページ ↗
  2. ❝ 独白Talking himself outdoors6 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

scare the spit out of

frighten someone badly

The offer to tag along is sold at once as extra scare power.

Together the twins scare the spit out of every debate team they meet.

このシーンの他の表現

  • really something

    impressive; really stood out

  • babes in the woods

    clueless people, easy to rattle

  • get the job done

    accomplish the task; do what is needed

  • no wonder

    not surprising; that explains it

  • modest budget

    a small amount of money to spend

このシーンのメモ一覧

64 行のセリフに 33 件のメモ

表現 · B1really something

impressive; really stood out

Right after the guards scatter, someone crowds in and turns the fight into hot praise.

Listen, you was really, really something back there. Incredible!
発音you was really

Ease off was so really can take the weight.

Listen, you was really, really something back there. Incredible!
表現 · B2all of that

thought they were a big deal Not 'all those things' — they thought they were hot stuff.

They thought they was all of that. Then you showed up, and bam!
スラング · B1bam

just like that — A spoken punch; leave it out of formal writing.

They thought they was all of that. Then you showed up, and bam!
表現 · B2trip over oneself

falling over their own feet

They was tripping over themselves like babes in the woods.
表現 · B2babes in the woods

clueless people, easy to rattle

Someone recaps the guards as lost and helpless, laughing at the panic.

They was tripping over themselves like babes in the woods.
表現 · B1stick with someone

stay by your side

Hey, wait a minute! I got a great idea! I'll stick with you.
発音got a great

Keep got and a close; don't stop dead on the t.

Hey, wait a minute! I got a great idea! I'll stick with you.
表現 · B1fighting machine

a nickname for a fierce fighter

You're a mean, green, fighting machine.
表現 · B2scare the spit out of someone

frighten someone badly

The offer to tag along is sold at once as extra scare power.

Together we'll scare the spit out of anybody that crosses us.
文法 · B1that crosses us

relative clause: that limits anybody to people who get in the way.

Together we'll scare the spit out of anybody that crosses us.
表現 · B1get the job done

accomplish the task; do what is needed

The breath joke lands through get the job done: even if the scare fails, the smell will finish the job.

If you don't mind me saying, if that don't work, your breath certainly will get the job done, 'cause you definitely need some Tic Tacs or something, 'cause your breath stinks!
発音outta my nose

Glide through the t in outta and into my.

You almost burned the hair outta my nose, just like the time--
スラング · A2outta

out of — Spoken spelling only; write out of on the page.

You almost burned the hair outta my nose, just like the time--
表現 · B1it's no wonder

not surprising; that explains it

A line cuts off the singing, and the next one uses no wonder to say the lack of friends is no surprise.

It's no wonder you don't have any friends.
表現 · B2torch and pitchforks

the classic angry-mob weapons Not a shopping list — a mob chasing an ogre.

You know. Grab your torch and pitchforks.
文法 · C1I-don't-care-what-nobody- thinks-of-me

compound modifier: The hyphen string acts as one adjective for thing.

You got that kind of I-don't-care-what-nobody- thinks-of-me thing.
スラング · B2You all right

I approve of you — Praise, not a checkup; skip it in formal settings.

I like that. I respect that, Shrek. You all right.
表現 · B1like one's privacy

prefer to be left alone

I like my privacy.
表現 · B1have something in common

share a trait

You know, I do too. That's another thing we have in common.
表現 · B2in someone's face

crowding you and not leaving

In your face here describes a guest who crowds you and won't take a hint.

Like, I hate it when you got somebody in your face.
表現 · B1give someone a hint

signal that they should catch on The hint means please leave, not a study tip.

You're trying to give them a hint, and they won't leave. There's that awkward silence.
表現 · B1awkward silence

a pause that feels uncomfortable

You're trying to give them a hint, and they won't leave. There's that awkward silence.
スラング · A2wanna

want to — Fine in a spoken plea; don't write it in mail.

- No. - Please! I don't wanna go back there!
表現 · B2be considered a freak

seen by others as a freak

You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak. Well, maybe you do.
文法 · B2what it's like to be considered a freak

noun clause: The what-clause is the experience he says the other may not know.

You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak. Well, maybe you do.
表現 · B1stick together

stay united

But that's why we gotta stick together. You gotta let me stay!
スラング · A2gotta

have got to — Fine when pushing a friend; not in formal writing.

But that's why we gotta stick together. You gotta let me stay!
表現 · B1one night only

allowed for a single night

The yes arrives with a deadline already attached.

- But one night only. - Ah! Thank you!
発音one night only

Stress one and only; keep night softer.

- But one night only. - Ah! Thank you!
発音gonna be fun

Pack gonna into one beat, then lift fun.

- What are you-- No! No! - This is gonna be fun!
表現 · A2stay up late

remain awake far into the night

We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning I'm making waffles.
表現 · B2swap stories

trade macho anecdotes

We can stay up late, swapping manly stories, and in the morning I'm making waffles.

「Donkey Asks to Stay」を読み解く

What's really going on

Under the comedy, the scene is a negotiation about loneliness. One line admits, “I don't have any friends,” and the next move is flattery: the ogre is “a mean, green, fighting machine,” and together they could be a team. The reply to all this is dry: “I like my privacy.” The next line turns that into “another thing we have in common.” The sharpest turn comes later: “You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak. Well, maybe you do.” That turns flattery into recognition, and the final “one night only” sounds like a limit but also leaves the door open a crack.

Theme

LonelinessThe donkey's cheerful chatter keeps circling back to having no friends and being left outside.
FriendshipA request for shelter exposes two outsiders: one wants company, the other insists he likes privacy.

発音のポイント

  • you was really — Ease off was so really can take the weight.
  • got a great — Keep got and a close; don't stop dead on the t.
  • outta my nose — Glide through the t in outta and into my.
  • one night only — Stress one and only; keep night softer.
You're a mean, green, fighting machine.

A comic compliment: the ogre looks terrifying and fights like a machine, and the donkey wants him as an ally.

Together we'll scare the spit out of anybody that crosses us.

The donkey imagines the two of them as a team so frightening that anyone who challenges them will be terrified.

It's no wonder you don't have any friends.

A blunt remark that the constant singing makes having no friends unsurprising; it is an insult, not a compliment.

You got that kind of I-don't-care-what-nobody- thinks-of-me thing.

The donkey admires the ogre's apparent indifference to other people's opinions, treating it as a strength rather than rudeness.

You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak. Well, maybe you do.

The donkey first assumes the ogre cannot understand being treated as a freak, then realizes that the ogre probably knows it very well.

You are quite a decorator. It's amazing what you've done with such a modest budget.

The praise is overdone: after the place is called undesirable, calling the ogre a decorator and mentioning a modest budget makes it sound like a design achievement.

このシーンについての質問

Why does the donkey keep complimenting the ogre?

The praise is a way in. After the fight with the guards is called incredible, one line admits, “I don't have any friends,” and adds, “I'm not going out there by myself.” The compliments lead straight to the request to stay.

Why does the ogre agree to let him stay?

The plea “You don't know what it's like to be considered a freak. Well, maybe you do.” is followed by repeated begging and then “Okay! Okay!” The permission is still capped: “one night only.”

What does “babes in the woods” mean here?

It describes people who are helpless and unprepared. The line says the guards were “tripping over themselves like babes in the woods,” so the phrase is about their panic, not actual children.

Why does the ogre send the donkey outside?

An earlier line is “I like my privacy,” and the deal is “one night only.” When asked where the donkey will sleep, the answer is “Outside!”

Why is privacy suddenly “another thing we have in common”?

One line says, “I like my privacy.” The reply is quick to agree—“another thing we have in common”—turning a reason to be left alone into a reason to stay together.

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