Tin Man (TV Mini Series)

Search for the Emerald (2007)

Alan Cumming: Glitch

Quotes 

• Glitch : You've been sleeping for hours like a - like a baby with his pacifier.

  Cain : I thought you were dead.

  Glitch : Ditto. You know, I may have saved you from hypothermia, but, um,

  [holds up the horse toy] 

  Glitch : this is what saved your life. It stopped the bullet.

  Cain : DG?

  Glitch : Azkadellia.

  Cain : Raw?

  Glitch : Ah, I don't know I can't find him. Either they took him too, or he's dead. Or...

  Cain : Maybe he ran away.

  Glitch : You know you really should do something about that *bitter* cynicism of yours, Cain!

  Cain : Why? Someone's gotta keep your wide-eyed optimism in check.

  [silence] 

  Cain : Hey, Glitch?

  Glitch : What?

  Cain : I owe you one.

  Glitch : [smiles]  You know Cain, professional psychiatric theropy's only a crow's call away these days. I think a man like you with your issues with masculinity, and the-what we called the boy scout syndrome...

• Glitch : Did I ever tell you I was afraid of heights?

  DG : You were hanging from the ceiling when I met you.

  Glitch : Involuntarily!

• Glitch : [after seeing some of Glitch's memories]  Oh my, ha ha. The name's Glitch, have we...

  [seeing DG] 

  Glitch : Are you okay?

  DG : Yes, Glitch, I'm fine.

  Glitch : [seeing their faces]  What? Is my machine so bad?

  Cain : [impressed]  No, but whatever it is, you sure sacrificed a lot to stop Azkadellia.

  DG : [hugs Glitch gratefully]  That's why she had to go straight to the source.

  Glitch : Well, I guess it wasn't the biggest sacrifice ever made for science.

  DG : But it sure is up there!

• Glitch : She wasn't always all ermine robes and thee's and thou's. She started off just like you; feisty but fair.

  DG : My mother has done so much for me, and I don't even know her name.

  Glitch : Oh, well that's easy. Her name was Queen...

  [he can't remember] 

  DG : It's okay.

  Glitch : But she was happy to make the sacrifices she thought were right. We should all love someone that much.

• Glitch : [to the dog]  Left... or left?

• Glitch : I'm not saying they called me 'Twinkle-toes' or anything, but I cut quite a rug. Oh, you can make a face Cain, but it's true. There was a time I was a *fantastic* dancer. She may have taken my brains, but *rhythm*, that comes directly from your...

  Cain : [interrupting]  Do you have any bright ideas how to get in there?

  Glitch : I mean, I don't mind taxing my half a brain for DG, but just *once* I wish that someone would acknowledge me for my *rhythm*. Which, as I was trying to say before I was so *rudely* interrupted, comes directly from the *soul*.

  [Cain gives him the look] 

  Glitch : Sometimes, Cain, you make me feel just like those ladies at the dance did. Like I blend right into the wallpaper.

  Cain : [looking at Longcoats]  That's a good idea.

  Glitch : [surprised]  You wanna dance?

  Cain : I'll lead, you follow.

• Raw : [pointing]  Cabin.

  Glitch : Probably full of Longcoats.

  Cain : No, look at the smoke.

  Glitch : So? They lit a fire. Longcoats get cold, too.

  Cain : It's *blue*.

• DG : Did it always look so dead?

  Cain : No, this used to be some of the most fertile land in the OZ. Orchards, nurseries.

  Glitch : Gotta love a good orchard! Full of succulent fruit for all the people to eat. Free too, if you're a good fence climber. Mind you, those scarecrows kinda freak me out.

  DG : So what happened?

  Cain : About fifteen annuals ago, all the crops died, which then caused the great famine.

  DG : I bet I can guess who's responsible.

  Glitch : You'd think somebody would've helped them with their crops. Maybe engineered a doohickey with a couple of thingies... Gotta love a good orchard!

• Glitch : [looking at their wanted poster]  That is a *terrible* picture of me.

  Raw : [nods in agreement]  Mm-hmm.

• Tutor : I suggest we keep moving.

  Cain : Sorry Pooch, but this is where we part company.

  Tutor : Part?

  Cain : With the Longcoats on our trail and the Mobats in the sky, I don't have time to figure out what your angle is in all this.

  Tutor : My 'angle' is her mother sent me to help.

  Cain : And you did. I'd even thank you, if I knew who you were, or what.

  Glitch : Whoa, Mister-Suspicious! This is the man... dog...

  [whispers] 

  Glitch : thingy... who helped us escape!

• Cain : What mine?

  Ralph Bedose : Some mine in the Black Mountains.

  Glitch : Moritainium. Big M, little T, number 216 in the OZian periodic table. Ha ha, school days. I remember a lovely lass named Leona...

  DG : Moritainium, what's it for?

  Glitch : Besides its strength, Moritainium is valued for it's ability to conduct magical energy.