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Tucker and Dale vs. Evil · 2010 — 第 18 / 19 章 · 4'11" · B1

Tucker Gives Dale a Pep Talk, Explained：go after

Dale is convinced he has lost Allison and that he never belonged with a girl like her. Tucker, on the ground and hurt, stops him with a childhood story and the line the friendship has been building toward: 'you're better than you think you are.' Then he sends Dale after her, and they say their goodbyes.

あらすじ

Allison has been carried off by Chad, and Dale blames himself. Tucker, lying hurt after another accident, refuses to let him give up, reminding Dale of the summers they spent catching frogs and telling him the truth he has never said out loud: Dale was always better than he believed. He tells Dale to go after the girl, and the two friends say goodbye.

Comforting a friendGoodbyes & funeralsComfortingPersuadingFriendsB1slowamerican
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注目の表現

don't mixbetter than you thinkgo afterbest friends forever

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このシーンの表現

go after

pursue

Tucker ends by ordering Dale to go after Allison, using the phrase twice for push.

If you want that job, go after it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • don't mix

    do not go together

  • better than you think

    better than you believe

  • best friends forever

    lifelong best friends

  • fuck

    a very heavy swear

  • kick the shit out of

    beat someone badly

このシーンのメモ一覧

69 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A2catch someone

cannot get to us

Oh! Crazy college kid can't catch us now!
スラング · A2boy

an address to a dog — A warm way to address a dog or young boy.

Jangers, not now, boy.
スラング · B1What the hell

what on earth — Casual surprise or annoyance; avoid it formally.

What the hell... Tucker?
表現 · A2take someone

carried her off

He took her.
表現 · A2take it easy

calm down

Whoa, take it easy.
表現 · A2take a vacation

go on vacation

After the disaster, Tucker jokes that it will be a long time before he takes another vacation.

It's gonna be a long time before I take a vacation again.
文法 · B1People like me

like as preposition: Like here is a preposition meaning similar to, not the verb to like.

People like me and people like her just don't mix.
文法 · B1never should have even came

modal perfect: Should have plus a past participle marks regret about a past choice.

I never should have even came out here with you.
表現 · A2when we were kids

back when we were children

Do you remember when we was kids...
表現 · A2used to do something

would often go

and we used to go catch frogs down at that creek?
発音used to

Used to weakens into a single /juːstə/ sound.

and we used to go catch frogs down at that creek?
表現 · B1now is the time to do something

this is the moment

Yeah, but I don't think now's the time to talk about it, Tucker.
表現 · A2on one's own

by yourself

You caught 'em on your own. You was quicker than I was.
文法 · B1What I'm trying to tell you

subject clause: The what-clause is the subject; the real message comes after is.

What I'm trying to tell you... is that you're better than you think you are.
文法 · B1as ugly as you think

comparison: Not as ... as compares someone against their own estimate.

and you're not as ugly as you think you are.
表現 · B1mean a lot to someone

matters greatly

Thank you, Tucker. That means a lot comin' from you.
発音comin' from

The g of coming drops, and comin' runs into from.

Thank you, Tucker. That means a lot comin' from you.
表現 · B1more than ever

more than at any other time

She needs you now more than ever, especially cos she's always falling down and hitting her head, knocking herself out.
スラング · B2Fuck

a very heavy swear — A heavy swear; never use it at work.

- God! Fuck... - I'm sorry.
表現 · A2go get someone

go and bring her back

Go get her. Go get her.
スラング · B2dickhead

a stupid jerk — An insult for a jerk; informal and crude.

Kick the shit out of that little college dickhead for me, would you?
スラング · B2the shit out of

very hard, as in beat badly — A crude intensifier; keep it informal.

Kick the shit out of that little college dickhead for me, would you?
表現 · A1stay here

remain in place

I'm gonna shove my boot down his fuckin' throat. You stay here, OK?
発音gonna shove

Gonna is the reduced going to and links to the next verb.

I'm gonna shove my boot down his fuckin' throat. You stay here, OK?

「Tucker Gives Dale a Pep Talk」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the emotional center of the film, and it is built on a correction of the past. Dale's belief that people like him and people like Allison do not mix is not argued down with a speech about love; it is answered with a childhood memory. Tucker reveals that the frog story Dale has always told himself was a lie, and offers the plainest version of the truth instead: "What I'm trying to tell you... is that you're better than you think you are." Coming from Tucker, whose whole bond with Dale runs on teasing, the line lands harder because it costs him something. Then he does what a best friend does in this movie: he pushes Dale forward and stays behind hurt. The joke that he still gets in one last insult about Dale's looks keeps the scene from turning saccharine.

Theme

FriendshipTucker uses an old memory to give Dale confidence and sends him off, staying behind without complaint.
IdentityDale has to stop seeing himself as lesser than Allison's world before he can go after her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Comfort here sounds crude but lands as love.
  • The frog story is nostalgia used as medicine.
  • Best friends forever turns goodbye into a promise.
  • Tucker stays behind so Dale can be brave.

発音のポイント

  • used to — Used to weakens into a single /juːstə/ sound.
  • comin' from — The g of coming drops, and comin' runs into from.
  • gonna shove — Gonna is the reduced going to and links to the next verb.
What I'm trying to tell you... is that you're better than you think you are.

Tucker's real message, the compliment the whole friendship has been circling.

and you're not as ugly as you think you are.

Tucker's last insult, softening the sincerity so it stays in character.

People like me and people like her just don't mix.

Dale's own verdict on himself, the belief Tucker is trying to break.

You gotta go after what you want. Go after her, Dale.

The push that turns Dale from self-pity to action.

Thank you, Tucker. That means a lot comin' from you.

Dale accepting the compliment, a rare moment of open feeling between them.

Kick the shit out of that little college dickhead for me, would you?

Tucker's parting request, affection delivered as a crude joke.

このシーンについての質問

What does Tucker tell Dale about their childhood?

He admits he never let Dale catch more frogs out of pity. Dale caught them on his own because he was quicker, which means Dale has been wrong about himself all along.

Why does Tucker stay behind?

He is hurt after the latest accident and cannot walk far. He tells Dale to go save Allison and says he will be fine on his own.

Why does Dale think he and Allison do not belong together?

He believes she is from a different world and that people like him never end up with people like her. Tucker tells him that is not true.

What does 'Friends forever' mean to them?

It is the promise they exchange before Dale leaves, a childhood phrase that still means something. Tucker answers with 'best friends forever.'

What does Tucker ask Dale to do to Chad?

He asks Dale to kick the shit out of the college kid for him. It is his way of sending Dale off with a joke rather than a tearful goodbye.

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