{1}{75}movie info: 25.0fps| {215}{260}Some people|pass through your life... {261}{305}and you never think|about them again. {317}{355}Some you think about, {363}{413}and wonder|"whatever happened to them?" {608}{645}Dentist, maybe. {705}{784}Gossip columnist.|No, divorce lawyer. {857}{945}Some you wonder if they ever|wondered what happened to you. {1047}{1087}And then there are those... {1088}{1175}you wish you never|had to think about again. {1195}{1235}But you do. {1318}{1375}Alright! Over here!|Form up in two lines. {1443}{1500}- What's this all about?|- Beats me. {1501}{1547}Today people,|and all this week... {1548}{1592}we'll be studying|Unit Seven... {1593}{1635}of your physical education|curriculum handbook. {1707}{1800}Unit Seven.|It smacked of romance. {1801}{1838}Far away places. {1845}{1882}Unit seven. {1907}{1950}Square dancing. {1951}{1993}Square dancing? {2005}{2073}What is it?|What can it do for you? {2073}{2115}Is this dorky, or what? {2130}{2159}Definitely dorky. {2160}{2222}I mean, come on!|Square dancing? {2223}{2298}What in case we ever|crash-landed in the Ozarks? {2407}{2440}On the other hand... {2443}{2500}It might have|its finer aspects. {2525}{2675}AmericasCardroom.com brings poker back|Million Dollar Sunday Tournament every Sunday {2773}{2835}Nothin' wrong with a little|square dancin'. {2913}{2945}Alright! Listen up. {2963}{3012}Now that the ladies|have joined us... {3013}{3055}We're going to assign|partners for the week. {3085}{3160}Finlan and Bryce.|Step to the center. {3188}{3220}This was critical. {3227}{3277}We were being|matched for a week. {3278}{3312}In seventh-grade terms... {3313}{3373}that translates to about|eleven years. {3383}{3448}Kasimir and Reeve. {3450}{3505}God, I sure hope|I don't get a loser. {3513}{3548}I know what you mean. {3550}{3590}Pfeiffer and... {3598}{3660}- Gambowski.|- Yes! {3755}{3813}OK. So Paul|had hit the jackpot. {3833}{3867}I wasn't worried. {3892}{3960}Still plenty of fillies left|in this pasture. {3963}{3988}Arnold... {3995}{4027}Here we go! {4027}{4077}Lucky, lucky, lucky... {4090}{4140}and Farquhar. {4148}{4217}And suddenly,|my life was over. {4310}{4380}I'd just been partnered|with Margaret Farquhar. {4381}{4452}The flagship for|seventh-grade weirdness. {4467}{4533}Some people march to the beat|of a different drummer... {4540}{4610}Margaret had|her own percussion section. {4620}{4675}- Yes?|- Are we going to do-si-do? {4683}{4708}We'll get to that. {4755}{4782}Yes? {4783}{4825}Why is it called do-si-do? {4875}{4913}Because that's what|it's called. {4917}{4942}Arnold! {4952}{5004}Is that clockwise,|or the other way around? {5005}{5077}Did I ask for questions?|I always ask for questions! {5078}{5112}That was Maragaret. {5113}{5177}She could get on the nerves|of any teacher. {5180}{5217}Including Gandhi. {5217}{5263}Arnold!|Step to the center, now! {5263}{5298}Go get 'em, tiger! {5413}{5463}Alright.|First things first. {5473}{5538}The bow, and curtsy. {5725}{5817}It was gonna be a long week. {5888}{5914}Hey, Arnold! {5915}{5980}Here it came.|The sharks to the kill. {5983}{6038}Looked pretty happy|out there with Farquhar. {6038}{6077}Yeah. Thrilled. {6100}{6185}"Excuse me, but,|why do they call it do-si-do?" {6225}{6258}Scrub behind your ears,|Arnold? {6258}{6289}Gotta watch out for cooties! {6290}{6344}OK, I had to nip this|in the bud. {6345}{6398}I had a reputation|at stake here. {6400}{6432}Well, maybe|I'll be sick this week, {6433}{6483}...and then one of you will|have to dance with her. {6510}{6553}Keep this boy healthy! {6638}{6685}Ok, I'd handled that|pretty well. {6692}{6753}Besides, they were|just a bunch of goofy guys. {6760}{6800}I could deal with them. {6808}{6844}- I hear you're in love. {6845}{6922}I hear you really, really,|want her. {6930}{6970}An hour a day|isn't enough, huh? {6972}{7004}Shut up, Wayne. {7005}{7042}- Shut up about what?|- Nothing. {7042}{7100}Kevin was square dancing|in gym today. {7103}{7135}Square dancing? {7140}{7167}What kinda sport is that? {7167}{7205}Don't they teach|wrestling anymore? {7208}{7247}I don't know, honey.|I'm sure it teaches good... {7248}{7297}eye-foot coordination. {7297}{7370}So,who'd you get as|a partner, Kev? {7372}{7426}- Some girl.|- Some girl? {7427}{7474}Surely you're too modest. {7474}{7520}Well?|Who was it, Kevin? {7567}{7597}Margaret Farquhar... {7597}{7634}I didn't get that.|Could you speak up? {7635}{7710}Margaret Farquhar?|Trudy Farquhar's sister? {7722}{7765}She's a little different,|isn't she? {7808}{7900}Are you kidding?|She's a joke! She's a gleep! {7903}{7932}Sorry, Kevin... {7933}{7984}Hey! I didn't pick her. {7985}{8020}And besides,|first thing tomorrow... {8021}{8067}- I'm gonna dump her.|- Kevin! {8090}{8122}That's not very nice. {8122}{8165}You wouldn't really do that,|would you? {8180}{8222}- Well...|- Just because she's different, {8223}{8265}- ...doesn't mean|you can't be nice to her. {8278}{8385}Well, look.|She's just not popular, Ok? {8438}{8470}Fatal mistake. {8472}{8515}I'd opened the door|for the most dreaded... {8516}{8572}words in the dictionary|of kid-dom. {8578}{8675}Kevin, I expect|more of you than that. {8730}{8813}- All join hands, circle left.|Promenade the hall... {8842}{8889}Promenade|now don't be shy, {8890}{8935}...grab your lady|and pass on by. {9063}{9094}What do mothers know? {9095}{9129}Let them spend|a morning on... {9130}{9200}the slippery slopes of|seventh-grade society. {9288}{9340}Girls to the center,|form a star. {9392}{9442}Suddenly,|I felt singled out. {9460}{9522}Boys to the center|same as before. {9528}{9570}A marked man. {9572}{9625}- Havin' fun?|- In your dreams. {9626}{9659}Looks like love to me! {9660}{9717}Are you kidding!|She makes me want to... {9735}{9762}"Kevin..." {9763}{9808}"I expect more of|you than that." {9808}{9855}Alright, Mom.|Alright! {9883}{9963}So summing up all the humanity|I could muster... {9967}{10010}Now bow to your partners. {10058}{10090}Class dismissed. {10095}{10165}I fulfilled|my moral responsibility. {10167}{10200}Seeya, Margaret. {10263}{10300}And that was that. {10546}{10571}- Hi, Kevin! {10572}{10597}Keep going. {10598}{10630}I'm standing in the hall... {10631}{10680}No, don't turn around! {10705}{10747}Miss Billings|sent me out here. {10763}{10808}She says|I ask too many questions. {10808}{10834}Were you|in the bathroom? {10835}{10879}Great. I'd said|three words to her, {10880}{10933}...now we were gonna have|to have a whole conversation. {10933}{10970}I have to go a lot, too. {10980}{11025}When I drink too much water|in the morning. {11033}{11067}Do you like bats? {11078}{11142}- Bats?|- I have a fruit bat. {11145}{11183}Momma!|This chick was weird! {11183}{11220}Do you like|the name "Mortimer"? {11225}{11269}Look, I have to get to class. {11270}{11312}- What class?|- I gotta go. {11313}{11367}- Ok. Did you...|- I gotta go, Margaret. {11370}{11412}Well, I'd learned one thing. {11413}{11438}Bye, Kevin! {11438}{11485}Never go to|the boy's room alone. {11503}{11540}Stay in groups. {11558}{11622}Heidi wore perfume today|the kind I'm allergic to. {11628}{11703}But when I sneezed|she said "gezhundheit". {11715}{11755}She could have just said|"bless you", {11756}{11805}but she gave it to me|in German. {11820}{11870}- You're an animal, Paul.|- Yeah... {11888}{11920}I'm gonna go get|an ice-cream sandwich. {11921}{11955}Gotta keep up that strength! {11985}{12014}Amazing. {12015}{12088}Fate had given|Paul Heidi Gambowski. {12088}{12119}And me... {12120}{12150}Bat-girl. {12170}{12205}Heck, it was almost|funny, you know... {12206}{12255}- Hi!|- Margaret! {12270}{12315}Not acceptable.|Not in public. {12317}{12383}An empty hallway, maybe.|But not a cafeteria. {12403}{12440}Do you like chili? {12503}{12537}You can't sit here! {12538}{12592}I almost fell down during|the grand right-and-lefts today. {12593}{12619}Did you notice? {12620}{12667}The nerve of this kid. {12670}{12704}I- I have these seats saved. {12705}{12770}I went ice-skating once|and I fell down a lot! {12772}{12809}But I always think|you gotta... {12810}{12848}get back on that horse|and ride! {12848}{12880}Jeez,|what did I have to do here? {12881}{12910}Call Western Union? {12911}{12940}Margaret! {12943}{13003}"I expect more of|you than that." {13003}{13075}Ok, so I wouldn't tell her. {13097}{13175}I'd just eat fast,|very fast. {13180}{13235}No moral law against that,|was there? {13240}{13278}Do you like to ice-skate? {13318}{13353}Where were you born? {13353}{13387}Don't chew!|Swallow! {13388}{13418}Then get the heck|out of there! {13418}{13449}Bats don't eat breakfast,|either. {13450}{13475}Almost home, now. {13476}{13515}Do you think "Mortimer" is|a good name for a bat? {13516}{13550}I'll seeya!|Bye! {13555}{13593}- But you didn't even answer my...|- Bye! {13594}{13657}There. I'd made it.|No cooties on me. Right? {13658}{13720}Are you and Margaret|going steady now? {13855}{13932}- Hey, Romeo!|- Yeah! Romeo and Farquharet! {13943}{13982}Oh, Romeo! Oh, Romeo! {13982}{14038}Where Farquhart thou|oh, Romeo? {14105}{14147}I need help. {14178}{14230}Paul, do me a favor? {14231}{14270}Sure! Name it. {14275}{14315}Let me dance with Heidi today. {14330}{14380}Not on your life! {14393}{14438}Well, I was on my own. {14472}{14509}There was only|one way to put... {14510}{14545}the brakes on|with Margaret. {14588}{14613}Hi! {14613}{14647}Snub her. {14703}{14768}Now take your lady|by the hand. {14795}{14840}I- I sprained my wrist. {14903}{14957}Why hadn't I thought of|this before? {14978}{15030}All join hands. Circle left. {15113}{15145}It was workin'. {15170}{15215}Like a charm! {15260}{15304}Circle left around the ring. {15305}{15353}Braid parade,|you're going the right way. {15420}{15485}Braid parade,|you're going the other way. {15575}{15610}This was gonna be tricky. {15772}{15803}Alright! {15822}{15863}Let's try again tomorrow! {15907}{15944}Success! {15945}{16010}She'd finally|gotten the message. {16057}{16090}- I'll get it! {16135}{16165}Did you know that|you only live... {16165}{16207}five streets down|and three across? {16207}{16268}Maybe one thing that made|Margaret a social Pariah... {16268}{16313}was she didn't|know how to take a hint. {16313}{16345}Subtle or otherwise. {16346}{16378}I brought Mortimer. {16380}{16410}He's sleeping|do you want to see? {16411}{16455}No. Don't encourage her. {16456}{16500}Margaret|You can't stay. {16518}{16543}I have, {16543}{16583}Homework! {16584}{16609}And... {16618}{16653}A doctor's appointment. {16663}{16705}Do you have a water tap|with water? {16706}{16755}Look, I'm really, really busy. {16760}{16830}Really, really, really, busy. {16831}{16856}- Kevin?|- So... {16857}{16897}- Who's that at the door? {16925}{16969}Margaret? {16970}{17038}I could see Mom's radar|working overtime. {17072}{17145}In about three seconds,|she was gonna fall in love. {17146}{17195}She can't stay, Mom! {17197}{17237}Now, I'm sure|she can stay for... {17238}{17293}just a little while.|Can't you, Margaret? {17293}{17347}Well, fine.|Why don't we just adopt her? {17348}{17385}Maybe she'd like to sit down? {17430}{17459}That was it. {17460}{17507}Margaret was in like Flynn. {17575}{17622}This is my bat. {17635}{17660}But hold on here! {17661}{17706}- Bat?|- He won't go in your hair, {17707}{17744}...unless there's bugs there. {17775}{17805}I would have brought|Isabelle, too, {17806}{17835}...but her terrarium's|too hard to carry. {17836}{17881}- Isabelle?|- My tarantula. {17882}{17949}Holy cow.|Bats and spiders? {17950}{18001}Two of Mom's|personal favorites... {18002}{18053}I also have a lizard,|but he's sick. {18088}{18138}Did Margaret know|what she was doing? {18138}{18175}That's too bad. {18185}{18228}I hope he feels better! {18232}{18310}Amazing.|Mrs. Be-Nice-To-Everyone... {18311}{18357}Had been chased out of|her own kitchen. {18380}{18440}I- I guess your mother|doesn't like bats. {18441}{18485}No. {18513}{18555}Yeah, neither does mine. {18780}{18870}So...|You wanna sit down? {19040}{19090}And so, I spent an hour|with the most... {19091}{19137}unpopular girl in school. {19138}{19195}Do you know where the word|"tarantula" comes from? {19200}{19260}Well, they have this disease|in Europe that if you got it, {19261}{19295}it made you jerk around|like you were dancing. {19296}{19332}And they thought it came|from spiders... {19333}{19370}She was weird, alright. {19385}{19447}The funny thing is,|she was also interesting. {19448}{19479}In a weird way. {19480}{19538}So, they named the spider|after the dance. {19550}{19613}Tarantella tarantula! {19632}{19715}Margaret?|Can I ask you something? {19738}{19788}Why do you have|three pigtails? {19832}{19870}Because, you never know|when you're gonna need... {19871}{19903}an extra rubber band. {19943}{19990}I never met anyone like her. {20003}{20047}Not that I liked her,|you understand. {20065}{20097}Still... {20178}{20222}So, you're Dad|was in the Army? {20240}{20293}We travel a lot. {20310}{20360}Do you know anyone|who's been to twelve schools... {20361}{20400}in eight years? {20420}{20463}That's a lot of schools. {20497}{20545}Bats are good travelers. {20563}{20603}Dogs you have to leave behind. {20788}{20853}Kevin? Will you're|friend be staying for dinner? {20863}{20897}Now, that was a picture. {20897}{20957}Margaret, Mortimer,|Mom, and Dad... {20958}{21020}And...|Wayne! {21025}{21050}Margaret! {21072}{21099}You gotta go! {21100}{21129}- Now?|- Yes, now! {21130}{21172}Can I have another|drink of water? {21180}{21220}Here! Here's a glass,|there's a hose up the street {21221}{21254}- ...around the corner.|- Kevin! {21255}{21306}Sorry, Mom,|it was ditch her or die. {21307}{21342}Well, maybe you can|come over to... {21343}{21378}- ...my house sometime.|- Sure! {21395}{21432}If you come tonight|you could meet Isabelle... {21433}{21479}- I-I'll be there!|- Is that a promise? {21480}{21505}- Mom? {21506}{21553}- Yeah, OK! I promise!|- Really? You promise?! {21553}{21588}I promise! {21635}{21668}What'd I miss, here? {21680}{21713}Nothing! {21718}{21795}Nope. Nothin'.|Nothin' at all. {21800}{21913}Except for one,|meaningless, little promise. {22035}{22093}That night I went to|Margaret's house. {22097}{22145}But only because I promised. {22247}{22289}Ok, maybe it was more|than that. {22290}{22353}Heck, she did have|a tarantula in there. {22438}{22482}And it was dark... {22482}{22525}No one would ever see me... {22575}{22640}Unless of course, someone|happened to pass by. {22641}{22672}Someone I knew... {22672}{22753}Someone who knew Margaret.|Someone like... {22761}{22804}Yohoo, Kevin! {22805}{22865}Look, everybody!|It's Kevin Arnold! {22866}{22907}Hit the floods! {23205}{23255}"There he is, we see him!" {23310}{23382}"Attention, neighborhood!|Attention, neighborhood!" {23385}{23450}"Kevin Arnold is at|Margaret Farquhar's house!" {23453}{23479}"I repeat..." {23480}{23553}"Kevin Arnold is at|Margaret Farquhar's house!" {23735}{23785}- Coming! {24025}{24052}Hello? {24053}{24138}All in all|I guess I lost my nerve. {24230}{24280}- Hey, how'd you get those|scratches on your arm? {24295}{24328}I don't know. {24330}{24380}Looks like you ran into|a pricker bush. {24381}{24430}Paul! Where do you|come up with this stuff? {24445}{24478}How do you know|I didn't get into... {24478}{24509}a fight with a cat,|or something? {24510}{24535}Well you see... {24536}{24589}these scratches are lighter|and a cat's are, you know. {24590}{24680}Paul look, I just have to be|by myself for awhile. Ok? {24688}{24714}Sure. {24715}{24782}But I still say you fell|on a pricker bush. {24920}{24957}I'd made my decision. {24970}{25007}This couldn't go on. {25028}{25093}It was time to deal|with it once and for all. {25225}{25250}Margaret? {25270}{25300}Hi, Kevin! {25322}{25357}Were you at my house|last night? {25388}{25435}My bell rang.|Did you ring my bell? {25463}{25525}That's right pour on|the old guilt, why don't ya? {25530}{25570}My mother made popcorn. {25595}{25668}Margaret, I-I can't talk to|you anymore. {25673}{25702}What? {25702}{25769}And then I had an idea.|A great idea. {25770}{25835}Well, you know|I like you, and... {25838}{25877}I think you're really nice. {25890}{25945}But, so we can|talk to each other. {25960}{25990}But not at school. {26015}{26048}Or at my house. {26068}{26115}Or, in front of anybody. {26118}{26187}But, ya know,|we could still be friends! {26188}{26255}You know, just no one would|have to know about it. {26305}{26405}We'd be, secret friends. {26418}{26445}- OK? {26448}{26502}Zowie! Talk about a solution. {26510}{26543}Secret friends? {26550}{26624}Well, yeah! Kinda. {26625}{26677}Funny thing is|I actually believed... {26678}{26725}she'd jump at the opportunity. {26750}{26779}You don't want to talk to me? {26780}{26817}She wasn't jumping. {26818}{26857}Why don't you want to|talk to me? {26863}{26920}Well, I didn't say|I don't wanna talk to you... {26921}{26954}You don't want me to|talk to you? {26955}{27019}See, now she was|twisting it all around... {27020}{27052}How can you be friends|if you don't want to... {27053}{27082}talk to somebody? {27085}{27135}- Hey, hey, hey!|What's goin' on here? {27163}{27227}I don't understand this!|What's so awful about talking! {27228}{27297}Hey, Arnold looks like|honeymoon time! {27298}{27343}Hey, Arnold?|You pop the question yet? {27365}{27395}Very funny. {27396}{27424}Hey, Farky? {27425}{27477}Why do they call|these things pigtails? {27505}{27535}It was horrible. {27540}{27607}I wanted to tell them to|knock it off, leave her alone. {27632}{27685}And Margaret,|I wanted to scream at her. {27686}{27734}Why did she have to be|so weird? {27735}{27782}Why couldn't|she just be normal? {27790}{27830}I wanted to say something... {27843}{27875}But I didn't. {27888}{27930}I couldn't. {28035}{28093}It was Margaret|who did the talking. {28125}{28170}I thought|you were different. {28943}{29025}And so, that last day of|square-dancing... {29055}{29118}I danced alone. {29152}{29193}Maybe if I'd been|a little braver, {29193}{29232}I could have been her friend,|but... {29240}{29305}The truth is|in seventh-grade, {29323}{29373}...who you are is what|other seventh-grader's... {29373}{29420}say you are. {29855}{29885}The funny thing is... {29900}{29945}it's hard to remember|the names of the kids... {29946}{30015}you spent so much|time trying to impress. {30123}{30205}But you don't forget someone|like Margaret Farquhar. {30213}{30252}Professor of biology. {30275}{30310}Mother of six. {30338}{30388}Friend to bats. {30445}{30570}Subtitles by Taurus Mind {30570}{30670} {30695}{30845}Support us and become VIP member |to remove all ads from OpenSubtitles.org