Daily Dialogue — May 4, 2016

Tadashi: You better make this up to Aunt Cass before she eats everything in the cafe.
Hiro: [not really listening] For sure.
Tadashi: And I hope you learned your lesson, bonehead.
Hiro: [faces him, looking honest] Absolutely.
Tadashi: [realizes he’s lying, frustrated] You’re going bot fighting, aren’t you?
Hiro: [casually] There’s a fight across town! If I book, I can still make it!
[He grabs his battle bot and starts to leave. Tadashi grabs him and turns him back around]
Tadashi: [exasperated] WHEN are you going to do something with that big brain of yours?
Hiro: What? Go to college like you? So people can tell me stuff I already know?
Tadashi: [hurt by Hiro’s words] Unbelievable.

— Big Hero 6 (2014), screenplay by Jordan Roberts, Robert L. Baird, Daniel Gerson

The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Brothers. Today’s suggestion by Katie Cobb.

Trivia: T.J. Miller improvised most of his character’s exclamations.

Dialogue On Dialogue: Commentary by Katie Cobb: “In this scene, Tadashi tells the audience about Hiro’s disunity. Hiro is too smart to be wasting his talents on bot fighting when he could be doing something great for humanity. This moment serves to motivate Hiro towards his goal, and sets up his heroic journey. They have a great brotherly dynamic and banter.”