Labyrinth

The Creatures [and Movie Quotes]

Well at least some of my favourites, most brought alive thanks to the puppet wizardry of the Jim Henson Creature Workshop. I say "most" because, as far as we know, David Bowie is not a puppet!

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Hoggle

A dwarf, who ends up being Sarah's friend, with a penchant for jewellery - especially that made of that valuable commodity, plastic. Instructed by the Goblin King (who seems to have trouble remembering his name - "Hedgewart", "Higgle", "Hoghead", "Hogbrain") to keep Sarah from her goal, he instead decides to help her on her journey.

"You've got to understand my position. I'm a coward, and Jareth scares me."

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The Worm

With his fetching blue punk hairdo and his red scarf, this little creature is the first Sarah meets within the Labyrinth itself.

Sarah: "Did you say hello?"
Worm: "No, I said 'Ello, but that's close enough."

"Things are not always what they seem in this place, so you can't take anything for granted."

"If she'd kept on going down that way, she'd have gone straight to that castle."

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Jareth, the Goblin King

"You remind me of the babe. (What babe?) The babe with the power. (What power?) The power of voodoo. (Who do?) You do. (Do what?) Remind me of the babe."

(To the goblins) "Well, laugh!"

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Brownie

Well that's what I'm calling him. The little fella who is very annoyed when Sarah marks her path out with lipstick on the flagstones.

"Who is writing on the fraggingdy walka walka? Your mother is a fragging aardvark"

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The Four Guards

A quartet of rather odd creatures who seem to be a pair of walking playing cards.

"The only way out of here is to try one of these doors. One of them leads to the castle at the centre of the labyrinth, and the other one to... ba-ba-ba boom CERTAIN DEATH!"

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The Tunnel of Hands

Amazing that something as simple as puppeteers wearing gnarled latex gloves, and making talking "faces" with their hands, could be so memorable - but it is.

"What do you mean 'help'? We are helping! We're helping hands."

"She chose down!!!" [More]

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