- Phoebe Heyerdahl: How did you find the opera?
- Helga Pataki: It was okay.
- [sees Arnold]
- Helga Pataki: [quietly] It just ended too soon.
- Arnold: [singing to music from Carmen] My name's Don Arnold... please have a caramel / Your hair is lovely - do you like my pants? / They're made of satin, the cape's pure Latin - I had it tailored in the south of France! /
- Chorus: The south of France - your satin pants / Why don't you ask the lady for a dance?
- Stinky Petersen: It's time for your decision!
- Sid: It's almost intermission!
- The Abdicator: Last night I couldn't sleep I kept thinking about what that clumsy kid said to me the other day. About how he always looked up to the Abdicator.
- The Abdicator's Agent: Forget it it's no big deal. Every star has one or two disgruntled fans
- The Abdicator: I was so troubled that I woke up my neighbor to borrow a dictionary and look up the meaning of Abdicatior. It means to give up responsibility. Abandon your position without fulfilling your duties. I couldn't believe it. It left me haunted. This morning I was so upset I could hardly workout.
- The Abdicator's Agent: Look Maurice, darling. You're not a real hero. You just play one on TV.
- The Abdicator: That's what I told that kid. But somehow it's not a good enough answer! Kids need a hero to look up to. That little kid looked up to me, and I failed him. I Abdicated my duties! I need to take a walk.
- The Abdicator's Agent: Maurice! Wait!