Rochelle Quote #446
Quote from Rochelle in Everybody Hates the Ninth-Grade Dance
Rochelle: Well, you know, it all worked out in the end. I mean, if you would have had a good time with whatever her name is, you might not have met me.
Julius: You had a good time at your dance, and you still met me.
Rochelle: Sure did.
Julius: How come I couldn't have a good time?
Rochelle: I'm not saying that you couldn't have a good time.
Julius: You just said...
Rochelle: I did not. I'm just saying it's funny how you don't remember her name after all these years.
Julius: That's exactly what you're saying. It's... Nothing funny about that.
Rochelle: Everybody remembers the name of the date they took to the prom.
Julius: Why do I have to remember her name? It was 25 years ago.
Rochelle: I was just having a loving moment.
Julius: What does that mean?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Yes, they are arguing about a 25-year-old dance where they didn't even know each other.
Everybody Hates Chris Quotes
‘Everybody Hates the Ninth-Grade Dance’ Quotes
Quote from Tonya
Ballet Teacher: Okay, ladies, that's good for today. And Tonya, great job. You'll make a wonderful ballerina.
Tonya: Thank you.
Rochelle: See, honey? I told you you would be great.
Tonya: Yeah, but you also threatened to slap the arch out of my foot if I wasted Daddy's money.
Rochelle: [chuckles] Don't say that too loud.
Quote from Adult Chris
Adult Chris: [v.o.] While we were talking about people, people were talking about us.
Jennifer: [scoffs] Why would she go with him? He's so dirty.
Sydney: I think he's blackmailing her, and he's so ignorant.
Lisa: Anybody would be better than him. He's so... sneaky.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] That was the nice way of putting it. What they really meant was...
Jennifer: [scoffs] What is she thinking? He's so Black.
Sydney: Has she lost her mind? He's Black.
Lisa: Did somebody hit her in the head with a baseball bat, poke her eyes out and shoot her up with drugs? Doesn't she know he's Black?
Adult Chris: [v.o.] Talk about me going to the dance with Carrie spread like wildfire, and the fire looked something like this.
Quote from Julius
Adult Chris: [v.o.] I thought I had made my mind up about the dance, but at home, it was a split decision.
Rochelle: So, you don't want to go to your dance?
Julius: I don't blame him for not going. He's the only Black kid in an all-White school. Believe me: I know what that's like.
Drew: You went to an all-White school?
Julius: I went to an all-White world. Everything's all White: schools, the grocery stores, the laundromats.
Adult Chris: [v.o.] The NBA.