Quotes / KikoRiki

See also:

• Episode 100: "The Meaning of Life"
• PinCode

General quotes

KikoRiki

I guess, you can't really make someone change against their will. I mean, if you are ready, then you can change yourself without help from anyone, right?

—Krash, "The Sandwich"

You know, maybe somewhere out there other life-form thingies really are looking for us. That would be super weird, but also kind of cool. Probably.

—Krash, "Admirers in the Sky"

I have a feeling that if you have clear conscience, then you won't have problems remembering things.

—Krash, "The Suitcase"

No! No way! The earth is not round! How weird would that be: just a random ball floating in space... I mean, does he [Dokko] think I'm an idiot? I mean, REALLY? Next he'll tell me that the moon isn't made of cheese or that invisible animals make us sick? RIDICULOUS!

—Krash, "The End of the Earth"

If the sun is shining — it's all good, if it's not shining — I'll make my own sun.

—Krash, "Sun Bunny"

Childhood is the best time of your life, and you have to use it wisely!

—Krash, "The Cherry Orchard"

Who should I believe? Books are how everybody learns everything. If they can't be trusted, where else does that leave us? We'll have to figure it out for ourselves. And then, we could write a book about what we learn.

—Krash, "The Cold War"

In reality, the sea is small enough, that nothing disappears in it without leaving a trace.

—Krash, "Little Big Sea"

You're really rare, and I'm really rare. And together, we make the world's best collection: of really really special friends.

—Chiko, "The Collection"

It's hard, when you get older, to live with yourself thinking about all the mistakes you made when you were younger. That's why you forget everything bad and remember only the good. Very convenient, but sooner or later it catches up.

—Carlin, "The Suitcase"

We all feel lonely sometimes. Occasionally, we don't have anyone to talk to, but that doesn't mean that we're actually lonely. There's always someone who can understand our problems and listen to grievances, our concerns, and give us some advice. If you think about it, loneliness and feeling like you are all alone are figments of our imagination. But in reality, life is in all around us. It's the hustle and bustle just waiting for us to join its noisy and busy parade.

—Carlin, "Monologues"

You can't avoid unpleasantness, my friend! You'd miss out on life if you never left the house!

—Carlin (to Barry), "Preventive Measures"

Oh poor Olga! All of our youth and vigor has left us such a long time ago. We have such a wealth of experience behind us, that we should just learn to savor the memories. And if we just keep jumping like crazy, all of those memories will be jostled away! There'll be nothing to remember, then we're... forgotten.

—Carlin, "The Forgotten Tale"

I'll help you guys out. I'll be in charge here.

—Carlin, "The Grand Piano"

No, I'm afraid that I'm not all right. No one is alright, they can't be. It's just not possible. But that doesn't mean that I have to be the one to listen to all your problems, do you understand? Tell your problems to each other, you're friends after all, share with each other! Come on now!

—Carlin, "Shrink"

My young friend! It'd be good that by the time you're old all the bad memories you want to forget fit into one suitcase. For some of us, even the boxcar on a train won't be enough.

—Carlin, "The Suitcase"

Anyone old enough to know how it feels to not jump as high with each passing year knows that a birthday is a touchy thing. It might be hard to believe, but some people may not have the slightest desire to celebrate at all, or the smallest urge to invite people over. Well, that is, unless they all came over by coincidence.

—Carlin, "The Anonym"

I've heard some folks say that everyone has their guardian angel. But I didn't think too much of it, actually. I wonder what kind of angel I have. It's a pity that I can't see him. He knows everything that I've carefully hidden from others! He's seen everything!

—Carlin, "Guardian Angels"

I mean, why should I pretend that I'm feeling fine and dandy when in reality I'm feeling just plain lousy?

—Wally, "The Room of Melancholy"

Have you ever experienced this? You've got explicitly precise thoughts in your head, but when it comes to verbalizing them, you end up with all kinds of nonsense?

—Wally, "Love Letters"

My body may bend and strench in unnatural ways, but I still have the soul of a poet!

—Wally, "House of Mirrors"

Another day with no inspiration... Each passing hour, a reflection of my inability to create poetic, uh... Stuff. Somedays all you can do is give up, mope around, and hope inspiration comes knocking on your front door.

—Wally, "Air For Inspiration"

It's amazing, sometimes it seems there are so many of us, you just look around and see that we're all squeezed together. But other times it feels like we're all alone here... and just lost.

—Wally, "Doctrine of Relativity"

It's always been like that: one pig's pirate nail is a psycho rabbit's treasure.

—Rosa, "BallAst"

Either you don't get quite what you want, or you get what you don't want, or you can't figure out what you really want.

—Rosa, "What Wishes May Come"

What is happening with my life? My greatest dreams finally came true, but I don't think i can digest them...

—Rosa, "Dolce Vita"

Somedays it feels like the world is serving you an ice cream cake on a silver platter. The options are vast: sprinkles, whipped cream, both... But sometimes it's overwhelming having it all in your fingertips. You feel like you can't keep it all to yourself! You need to share what you have, or... All those gummy bears will build up in there, and there will be an explosion! Krash! Come back here! Do you even know what that is? That was my grandma's! It's called a samovar! You heat up water in it, and once it's boiling, you can pour it right into your cup for tea or hot chocolate!

—Rosa, "The Boycott"

In my childhood, I wished to have a magic wand as well, so I could change to become as old as my grandma to receive pension and not do anything. It's probably good I didn't have a magic wand all those years ago.

—Olga (to Rosa), "What Wishes May Come"

Your experiments are not what's important! What's the point of worrying about it? If you don't discover some new molecule, someone else will discover it for you and send it to you in a mail. But if something were to happen to your nerves, no one will come up to you and say, "Hey, I found some old nerves in the garage, next to the weed whacker, you can have them!"

—Olga, "Music Therapy"

Anyone up for some herbal berry tea? The berries grow in the sun all summer, so in a way, they still got some of the sun's energy.

—Olga, "The Plywood Sun"

It is a paradox: we try to impress those who don't even care about us, but the people who love us, they don't even need to be impressed.

—Dokko, "The Triumph of Reason"

I might look like a elk, but in my heart of hearts I'm a butterfly!

—Dokko, "The Butterfly"

My friend, don't you think it's strange that because of a stupid silly challenge, we both... Swallowed soap?

—Dokko, "Soap Opera"

All one needs to appreciate cooking is all-consuming appetite.

—Barry, "Gastronomy"

Waltz, twist, foxfoot... The trends will always change. But for me, there's only one rhythm. My heart only beats for disco!

—Barry, "The Disco Dancer"

I brought every one of you mechanized mediocrities into this world and I will take you out! I think it might be time for a cappuccino break...

—Pin, "Too Close To Heart"

Wally: But Maestro, I don't understand why you would tell everyone that you were never even inside of the box when I saw you in there with my own eyes. You lied!
Carlin: All true! Which means this old charlatan finally has something he can truly be proud of!
Wally: But why lie to the audience when you did succeed?
Carlin: Because acknowledgement our victories isn't worth causing our nearest and dearest to worry like that and we do not want them to know we're capable of taking such wild risks.

—Houdini's Secret

Chiko: We thought that you were the Old Year...
Carlin: Geez, I'm not that old! Birds do live long.

—Past Year's Tale

Krash: You just gotta keep moving! Before you know it, you'll be well on your way to snoresville.
Chiko: Yeah, the only problem is, I'm too tired to sleep..

—The Big Event

Chiko: Hey Krash, you know what I'm planning on getting you when your birthday comes back around? A shiny new fishing pole. Brand New state of the art.
Krash: Do you want to know your present? Hand weights. Some really heavy ones.

—Rosa's Birthday

Krash: How cool would it be if we survive this today?
Chiko: If we survive?
Krash: Or when, Chiko. Whatever. Vocabulary's never been my strong suit.

—Great News

Wally: Well, alright. I shall now take a moment to read to you... In French.
Krash: Maybe you should take your French and leave!

—Forget Everything

Carlin: I'm sorry, this problem calls for drastic measures.
Barry: I'll show you drastic. Now open this door! Let me out. Let me out.

—The Sweetness of Honey

Carlin: Do you feel that sometimes our friends and family are all around us, but there's no one to talk to?
Olga: Never thought about it.
Carlin: No, I'm serious! There are problems of epic proportions, and no one notices but you! Don't you understand? No one! Everyone lives in their own little worlds, in their perfectly made little shells they built around themselves in order to keep out life's many hurdles. But there are massive problems on a global scale one has to deal with! On a universal scale! But how is one supposed to break through people's shells to their real problems?

—Monologues

Rosa: Wally, you stand up right now, you go open that door and you bring Carlin back to Earth!
Wally: For some reason I don't think neither Carlin nor the Earth need reuniting...

—New Year Fairytale

Barry: I don't know what you're talking about. I'm just a very relaxed bear.
Rosa: Uh-uh. Unbearably so. And if a log could talk, I suppose it would say something like "I'm not a log, I'm just relaxed."
Barry: Are you saying that I'm a log?
Rosa: Much worse. At least a log is a chance to branch out and do something fun, but I'm afraid it's way too late for you.

—New Year Fairytale

Rosa: Hey there, Chiko! How are you?
Chiko: I don't even know what to tell you. What if I don't want everyone to know how I am? What if I don't feel like sharing anything about myself? You say the truth, you don't know what people are going to say about you. That's why it's better to talk about something else! Like weather! The great weather! There's no wind, or the sun! The sun! Isn't it great! Ha-ha-ha-ha!
Rosa: Maybe you should go and find some shade. You've had... Too much sun.

—Why Do We Need Friends

Krash: Chiko, would you rather have a few carrots right this very moment, or be in the good mood for the remainder of the summer? What would you choose?
Chiko: That's easy, I choose the good mood, of course.
Krash: It's been decided: Chiko has refused his portion of the carrot field and gives them to his best friend Krash. And would you rather have a few apples, or...
Chiko: Apples! Lots of them.

—The Uncultivated

Wally: This [umbrella] isn't for rain. It's more special.
Krash: What's it for?
Wally: This umbrella is for my happiness!
Chiko: Happiness? Ha-ha... Wait, really?

—Memoirs of an Umbrella

Krash: My intuition tells me it's a rip-off. And my intuition never failed me.
Chiko: Like that time you tried to prove that poison ivy wasn't poison? Or when we went to the pond that day and you tried to prove that snapping turtles don't really snap? Or that time you tried to disprove concussions and you... Got one?

—A Milky Bet

Krash: Don't worry, we'll think of something. Chiko, right? You still named Chiko, aren't you?
Chiko: Refer to me as boss, and you won't go wrong.

—Her Name Was Rosa

Olga: They say, well, it's global warming. All of the icebergs in Africa will melt, and we will be flooded.
Carlin: Uh... listen, dear! There are no icebergs in Africa! They are in the Arctic!
Olga: Well, of course, they're in the Arctic... Why would they want to stay in Africa? It's too hot.

—Ice

Carlin: Look, there used to be luscious green grass here, but thanks to you, it's nothing but dirt and rocks. You two destroyed the entire habitat! What if buffaloes come? "Oh look, no grass here, so let's just eat dirt and rocks."
Krash: What buffaloes? What are you talking about?
Chiko: Yeah, there are no buffaloes.
Carlin: Eh... Exactly, because there's nothing to eat.

—The Red Data Book

Krash: Hey, there you are. The fog totally ruined everything we tried to shoot! So we'll have to move the part where you find a confusing celebrity cameo on Mars to tomorrow.
Chiko: Where's our place in the universe?
Krash: Beats me, I dunno. But it's just as fun here as it would be anywhere else, right?
Chiko: If you think about it, we're all kinda space explorers, flying away on our own tiny meteor. The only difference is that none of us have any kind of script. Or laser, I guess...

—Chiko in the Fog

Krash: Oh boy.. Don't worry, Rosa! We'll have you thawed out in a minute! Rosa! Hello! This really isn't working. Not even close!
Chiko: Let's take her to my house, warm her up. She could defrost slowly, like lasagna, or a meatloaf.

—The Frozen Surprise

Dokko: Are you absolutely positive the fish are going to eat this strange bait? Cacti grow in the desert. Fish live in the water. You know that, right?
Barry: I knew it wasn't a good idea to take someone smart like you out fishing.
Dokko: Yes, yes, you're right. It's good that we're here, alone.

—Fishing Trip

Dokko: Pin, my dear friend! Leave the dinosaurs alone! You've never seen one! Write about you.
Pin: But what if posterity only discovers my recording and doesn't discover anyone else's? All they would know would be "Pin, Pin, Pin", as if no one else had ever lived! Posterity should also know about the dinosaurs, and they should know about my aunt! She was very stubborn and refused to leave her motherland.

—In The Beginning Was The Word

Krash: Why are you following us?
Rosa: Do you mean me? I'm Amina. And my name means "loyalty".
Krash: And my name is Krash! Which means — "WILL YOU PLEASE STOP FOLLOWING US!"

—Her Name Was Rosa

Krash: But how does a clock turn into a time thingy? Is it possible?
Dokko: These things happen all the time in experimental physics. You'd have to be a scientist to really understand.

—The Grandmother Effect

Wally: It's a bad time of year. I just want the sun again... Don't you have anything with some warmth in it?
Olga: Other than starting a bonfire, tea is the best solution I know.

—The Plywood Sun

Carlin:I don't want to eat this apple! I really don't want to eat this here apple! I will not eat this apple! I just refuse!
Wally: What are you doing?
Carlin: I'm not eating this apple.
Wally: Really?
Carlin: Precisely... (Wally eats an apple) Eh? What... what are you doing?!
Wally: You said you weren't eating the apple.
Carlin: I... I mean I didn't need it as food! There is something far more important than filling up your belly! For example, your willpower. Have you heard of it? You want the apple, so you supposed to stop yourself from eating the apple by applying your willpower! Any idiot can actually just eat the apple...

—Willpower

Krash: It's awesome! Life of a sailor! Sailing the ocean blue, playing with dolphins, feeding the seagulls!
Chiko: And the sailor will return to his home and ask a poet to describe everything he seen, done and felt in a steel-colored volume!

—Oh, to be a Great Poet!

Dokko: For example, let's say that I put myself in Barry's shoes, (Puts on Barry's voice) and I've told a very funny joke about two moose on the train tracks, but I don't laugh, which is perfectly normal, because in order to laugh, you have to have a sense of humor.
Barry: Be careful, there's a hole over there.
(Dokko uses a telescope and tries to find the hole)
Dokko: Okay, I put myself in Barry's shoes again: (Barry's voice) All day I work in the garden, digging hole after hole, pretty soon I start to see holes everywhere. (puts back the normal voice, laughing) But there is no hole! (falls into the hole)
Barry: I got a question, are you really in the hole or is it only a relative hole?
Dokko: Absolutely, my friend, absolutely, someone get me out of here!

—Doctrine of Relativity

Pin: (to Dokko) Once [Dokko's clone]'s on the boat, we'll turn on the autopilot. I'll send the course in one of the ports in my hometown. When he gets there, they'll knock some sense to him, he'll be reformed in no time. He won't trouble us ever again. Your job is to just keep him happy for now.
Dokko's clone: Keep who happy? Me? Pinocchio, and I thought we were friends.
Pin: I am not your Pinocchio, clone boy, I told you, I'm a scientist! And you, you are a vicious, rude, uncivilized rascal!
Dokko's clone: Dokko, we should teach this traitor a lesson...
Dokko: You should just get out of here! Isn't there somewhere else in the world big enough for someone like you?
Dokko's clone: Did you forget? I am you. You're the one who made me this way!
Dokko: But long ago I've changed my ways! I would have hoped that over time, you might have changed too! But no, you're still writing on fences and breaking windows, you hooligan!

—The Savage Clone

Sometimes we love things so much that it's hard to get rid of them. They're old and worn, but we just can't do it. These things are like old friends, with lots of stories behind them. If you threw it away, who would tell its story?

—The Narrator, "Memoirs of an Umbrella"

Beauty can be found in almost anything. We don't need fancy things or expensive things to live! We don't have to be the best in everything or win gold medals for every activity we've tried! I've never won a medal... Uh, b-but anyway. The point is, our needs in life are simple. All we need to do is find the beauty in the little things we love.

—The Narrator, "Beauty"

Those who lack confidence in themselves are usually afraid of the future. The overconfident ones are afraid of the past. And the present is so fleeting that you have no time to be scared of it. A birthday is the day when those of us who live in the present look back in the past and hope for a better future. There is no reason to be afraid of birthdays, even if the past suddenly threatens to disturb the present.

—The Narrator, "The Grandmother Effect"

But Krash wondered, did he really save his friends if it was his fault for causing the leak in the first place? But that was a bit too complex thought for Krash. Nope, he decided to think of himself as a hero. And the moral of the story? Well, if there is one, it's, uh... Turn off your faucets, I suppose?

—The Narrator, "Bath Procedures"

KikoRiki. New Adventures

Carlin: Come on, Pin! It's time to go on our expedition.
Pin: No can do. Much too busy today.
Dokko: We'll be back by the sunset, you can't be that busy!
Carlin: Besides, travel is good for the soul.
Pin: Nein. Thank you. I'm happy and warm under these blankets, and I have everything I need right here. Bye now!

—The Border

Ah, buddy, don't be too upset. It happens like this all the time. See, girls can never be real pals. They're too self-centered. I bet she's [Pandy] already found a new friend.

—Krash (to Chiko ^note Actually Pandy), "Pandyosis"

Dokko: I should think the most popular trend would be to be yourself. You're good as you are, why be someone else when you can be yourself?
Rosa: I get your point, but I think being Pandy is way more exciting!

—Pandyosis

No need to build illusions that can end in a trauma center.

—Carlin, "The Art of Sewing"

KikoRiki. New Season

Dokko: You see, every firefly stops glowing sooner or later. In this world, that is.
Chiko: So that means it faded forever?
Dokko: Alas.

—The Magic Jar

Chiko: Wally, and my firefly, well, the one in your jug. Yours, my firefly. Is he still... there? Is it still shining?
Wally: Of course. Everything that gets into my jug stays there forever.
Chiko: He's not there.
Wally: Don't talk nonsense. He's there. I have the sun, the sea, the mountains, the forest, the whole world in my jug! And do you want to see a little firefly in this huge world? Especially since the sun is there now.
Chiko: You think?
Wally: I'm sure.

—The Magic Jar

Carlin: We want to think that our life is a big, big romance. In fact, it is a collection of short stories: one story is better, another is worse, each has its own climax and finale.
Olga: Is that what they sing about in your ballet?
Carlin: They dance in my ballet, my dear, and they don't sing.

—A Reason to Live

And then I realized that if today you have all the cakes in the world, but there is no favorite thing, then tomorrow there will only be memories of dirty dishes. The artist must be hungry.

—Pin, "Pinland"

The disease, like some guests, should be taken out at the very beginning, when they have just arrived, and the suitcases have not yet been unpacked, otherwise they will settle down later, and you will not understand who is the boss in the house.

—Olga, "Involvement"

It would be nice if a lot of good and beautiful stories were told about us too. Let it be their... concern in some way.

—Olga, "Involvement"

Hello, little girl! I've already set the table, and I've set up the bathhouse for you… Wait, a bathhouse or a stove? Oh, what's the difference! Litte girl, where are you going?

—Olga, "The Scarlet Flower"

You can wait all your life for the right moment and in the end never say something important to each other.

—Carlin, "The Perfect Moment"

A strange thing. After all, I am far from young, and I have had everything more than once or twice… So many times a certain period of life ended and it seemed that another one would not come. Then another segment came, and the time came for it to end, and it seemed that he was definitely the last and there was nothing ahead and there could not be, but something started again…

—Carlin, "A Reason to Live"

You understand that it's not a gift that's expensive — attention is expensive.

—Krash, "Ceremonymaster"

To admit, I almost doubted the reality of what was happening… How terrible it would be to live in a world where science is ridiculed, and where the sleep of reason dominates!

—Dokko, "Big Book of Dreams"

Lyrics

Off You Go! (Ot vinta!)

If you dream to be a pilot, you're obviously brave
Since it takes a lot of courage to decide to fly a plane
Since it is the bravest people that enjoy the soaring heights
When they hear that "off you go now", they rush off to start to fly

Off, Off, Off, You, Go!
Off, Off, Off, You, Go!

A pilot's job's all about flying, and they have to do it well
So to always be well-rested, not to sleep while at the helm
When, my friend, it comes to flying, keep in mind, you are in charge!
You must take wing without crashing, it's your duty to discharge!

Off, Off, Off, You, Go!
Off, Off, Off, You, Go!

Sleep is good for staying healthy, and good health is what we need!
So once you're all up in the air, though, a million problems you will meet!
Up above the clouds are floating, down below you see your speed
You can fly on autopilot, now's your chance to make some dreams

Off, Off, Off, You, Go!
Off, Off, Off, You, Go!

Sleep is good for staying healthy, and good health is what we need!
Once you all up in the air, though, a million problems you will meet!
Up above the clouds are floating, down below you see your speed
You can fly on autopilot, now's your chance to make some dreams

Off, Off, Off, You, Go!
Off, Off, Off, You, Go!

If you dream to be a pilot, you're obviously brave
Since it takes a lot of courage to decide to fly a plane
Since it is the bravest people that enjoy the soaring heights
When they hear that "off you go now", they rush off to start to flyyyyyyyyy!

Off, You, Go!

Off You Go!, "Flying in a Dream and in Reality"

Wind (Veter)

The wind is singing it's very old lonely song
Uuu...
It tells me it is time to come home
Uuu...

The wind is singing, I'm saying that to you
Aaah...
It is whispering all that I wanted to say
Aaah...

The wind is singing it's very old lonely song
Uuu...

Wind, "What the Wind Will Bring"

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