Danger Mouse (TV Series)

The Odd Ball Runaround (1982)

David Jason: Danger Mouse, The Narrator

Quotes 

• Danger Mouse : I do hope Penfold's wearing his bleep-transmitting homing underwear.

• [DM is launched towards a castle window. Instead, he strikes the wall, while Stiletto looks out the window] 

  Danger Mouse : Don't go away! I'll be back in a...

  [falls into the moat] 

  Danger Mouse : AAAAHHH!

  Stiletto : In a wheelchair!

  [laughs] 

• Penfold : [dramatic music plays as Penfold thinks DM has been squashed]  Oh, eck! I'm on me own again! I suppose I'll have to face the fiendish foes alone! Disregarding any thought for my safety and...

  Danger Mouse : And stop overacting?

  Penfold : And stop overacting! Eh?

  Penfold : [spots Dangermouse's head sticking out of the ground]  DM! But how did you?

  Danger Mouse : [chuckles]  Oh, you'd be surprised how quickly you can dig a rapid hole when you have to, Penfold.

• Danger Mouse : Good Grief! It's Mad Manuel, the Flamenco Assassin!

• Danger Mouse : Dangermouse to base, Dangermouse to base, home in on this signal. Send me one alpine survival kit, pronto. Over, ow!

  [an alpine survival kit lands on his head] 

  Danger Mouse : Well, the lads in dispatch won't get a card from me this Christmas!

• Danger Mouse : Right, Greenback, enter the world's greatest detective at warp factor ten!

• Isambard Sinclair, narrator : Have Dangermouse and Penfold finally had enough of their hectic lifestyle? Or can Colonel K. convince the courageous couple to continue coping with chaos, confusion and catastrophy? For all our sakes, let's hope so, as we look forward to more of the thrill packed adventures of... Dangermouse.

  Penfold : [Penfold is sobbing on Dangermouse's shoulder]  Oh dear!

  Danger Mouse : There, there. There, there. Sush, sush, Penfold. Penfold, sush. It's not that bad, it's only a cartoon, isn't it?

• [standing below the wall of Greenback's castle] 

  Dangermouse : Hello? Hello! Can we have our ball back, please?

  [no answer] 

  Dangermouse : Oh, hey-ho, no one there.

  [a fizzing bomb is dropped into his hand] 

  Dangermouse : Oh, thanks very much!

  Penfold : D.M.! Look out! It's a bomb!

  Dangermouse : Hmm? Oh yes, I know it's a buh-buh-buh-buh, buh-buh-buh-buh, a b-, a b-, a bomb!

  [BOOM!] 

• Danger Mouse : I don't recall a villain by the name of 'Uhff', do you, Penfold?

• Isambard Sinclair, narrator : Can Danger Mouse get out from under this one and rescue the top secret rugby ball before Baron Greenback can relieve it of it's contents? Will Penfold go for acting lessons or go to pieces? There's only two ways to find out: bride the scriptwriter, or tune in to the next thrill-packed episode of 'The Odd Ball Runaround' starring Danger Mouse.

• Penfold : Crumbs, chief, what'll we do now?

  Danger Mouse : I'm taking the direct approach.

  Penfold : [dramatic music]  Direct approach! Oh no, no no! Not that!

  [falls to his knees] 

  Penfold : Anything but that, please!

  [drops to DM's feet, who roles his eyes] 

  Penfold : Please! Oh 'eck. Oh fiddle! Oh crumbs!

  Danger Mouse : Penfold...

  Penfold : [grabs DM's leg]  Please, DM!

  [dramatically turns away from him] 

  Penfold : You can't! You musn't!

  Danger Mouse : Penfold?

  Penfold : Yes, chief?

  Danger Mouse : Shush!

  Penfold : Well, I've not had much to do this episode, so I just thought...

  Danger Mouse : ...you'd steal a couple of scenes? Well stop it. And behave yourself.