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Best Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey Quotes on Netflix

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Starring: Forest Whitaker, Madalen Mills, Keegan-Michael Key, Hugh Bonneville, Anika Noni Rose, Phylicia Rashad, Ricky Martin

OUR RATING: ★★★½

Story:

Netflix’s family fantasy musical directed by David E. Talbert. Set in the vibrant town of Cobbleton, the story follows eccentric toymaker Jeronicus Jangle’s (Forest Whitaker), who after his trusted apprentice (Keegan-Michael Key) steals his most prized creation, it’s up to his adventurous granddaughter (Madalen Mills), and a magical invention, to heal old wounds and reawaken the magic within.

 

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Our Favorite Quotes:

'Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right.' - Journey (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Click To Tweet 'The magic isn't just in what you've lost. It's in what you still have.' - Ms. Johnston (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Click To Tweet 'Never be afraid when people can't see what you see. Only be afraid if you no longer see it.' - Jeronicus (Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey) Click To Tweet

 

Best Quotes


 

Young Girl: You never read us that story before.
Grandmother Journey: [reading from the book] I’ve never read anyone this story. “Once upon a time, many, many years ago, lived the greatest inventor in all the land, Jeronicus Jangle. From humble beginnings, his mind never stopped spinning. More gadgets. More gizmos! The whole town was abuzz. Excited to see the most magnificent shop that ever there was Jangles and Things.”


 

Grandmother Journey: Everything was alive. Even things that shouldn’t be. Jeronicus was inspiring to all, none more than his most trusted apprentice, Gustafson.


 

Grandmother Journey: For his most fantastical invention, he had been waiting for its final ingredient to arrive. And then one day…
Postman: Package for Jeronicus Jangle!
Grandmother Journey: The key to unlock his wildest dreams and change his life forever.


 

[as the sentient matador doll comes to life]
Don Juan Diego: It is I, Maestro Don Juan Diego. When the bull sees me, he slays himself. It is an honor for you to finally meet me.
Young Jeronicus: And I…
Don Juan Diego: You?
Young Jeronicus: I’m Jeronicus. And this, this is my wonderful family.


 

Don Juan Diego: I like when people stare at me. I give them something to stare at in the form of a dance.


 

Young Jeronicus: Everything we dreamed of. Everything I promised you, will be ours now.
Joanne Jangle: I believe in you, Jeronicus.


 

Young Jessica: I believe in you the most.
Young Jeronicus: And I believe in you. That’s why I got you an early Christmas gift.
Young Jessica: My own inventor goggles. They’re perfect!
Young Jeronicus: Now you’re an inventor.
Young Jessica: I am, daddy. Just like you.


 

Young Jeronicus: Soon, there’ll be a million of them.
Don Juan Diego: Huh? A million of me?
Young Jeronicus: One for every child in the world.
Don Juan Diego: Uno, dos, tres… But, but I am one of a kind!


 

Young Gustafson: I am an inventor too.
Don Juan Diego: Clearly not a good one. Stinky? Yes. Good? No.


 

Don Juan Diego: Who could conceive such a thing? This is absurd. I am singular. I am spectacular!


 

Don Juan Diego: It must feel good to be such an integral part of bringing something so amazing to life.
Young Gustafson: It was, well, the professor’s work really. I’m just his apprentice.
Don Juan Diego: Si, pero. I am sure you’ve created something of your own almost as amazing as me. After all, you’re an inventor too.


 

Young Gustafson: [referring to his own invention] I’ve been telling everyone just a few tweaks is all it needs. The professor promised to look at it tomorrow.
Don Juan Diego: The bull waits for tomorrow! But by then, he is dead. We wait for no tomorrows.


 

Don Juan Diego: [referring to Jeronicus’s book of invention] Those are your inventions. Those pages bear the sweat of your fingers. They are as much yours as they are his.
Young Gustafson: But that would be stealing.
Don Juan Diego: Borrowing. Indefinitely. Together, we can build an empire. And the name Gustafson will shine brighter than a thousand Spanish skies!. And I, Don Juan Diego, will remain one and only one of a kind.


 

Don Juan Diego: [singing] It’s easy. It’s not stealing, when you borrow indefinitely.


 

Grandmother Journey: Jeronicus tried to convince the constables of what Gustafson had done, but he had no proof. And so, Jeronicus, ever the optimist, returned to what he knew best. Only, things weren’t quite the same. He couldn’t seem to find the right screw, or turn the right gear.


 

Grandmother Journey: And year after year, the crowds grew less, the bills stacked high, and Jeronicus watched as his stolen book of inventions, turned his once loyal apprentice into the richest toy-maker in the world.


 

Grandmother Journey: But Jeronicus refused to give up. Once a great inventor, always a great inventor. But the magic, it seemed, had escaped him. And soon, so would everything else.
[we see the untimely death of Joanna]


 

Grandmother Journey: Jessica tried to fill the space left behind. But the loss was too great. And Jessica, too small. Eventually, it became clear. She hadn’t lost just one parent, but two. Broken, defeated, Jeronicus insisted she’d be better off without him. And finally, she granted his wish. And Jangles and Things, once a world of wishes and wonder, was no more. And Jeronicus Jangle, the greatest inventor of all, vowed never to invent anything ever again.


 

Ms. Johnston: How’s my favorite pawnbroker? Hm? Who’s not really a pawnbroker. Who wants everyone to believe he is. Hm? Jerry?
Jeronicus: I’d be better if you called me by my name.
Ms. Johnston: Aren’t you just the cutest little thing?


 

Jeronicus: Do you have something for me today, Mrs. Johnston?
Ms. Johnston: It’s “Ms.” I’m widowed. Remember? He’s dead. Gone. Never coming back.
Jeronicus: I’m sure he’s in a better place.
Ms. Johnston: Jerry the Jokester.


 

Ms. Johnston: [referring to the letter] You might want to open this one. You’re three months late on your gas. Actually, it’s four. You overpaid the month before, so they gave you a credit.
Jeronicus: Mrs. Johnston, I would appreciate…
Ms. Johnston: Ms.
Jeronicus: If you refrained from opening my mail.
Ms. Johnston: It’s just a sixth sense I have. A gift. Knowing what’s inside, without seeing it.


 

[as he finds Ms. Johnston in Jeronicus’s arms]
Mr. Delacroix: I suppose if times are tough enough, one will sell just about anything, Jangle.
Jeronicus: Mrs. Johnston was just delivering my mail.
Ms. Johnston: Expressing my affection. In the most respectful way I know how.
Jeronicus: Would you mind expressing it somewhere over there?
Ms. Johnston: Anything for you, Jerry.


 

Jeronicus: Mr. Delacroix.
Mr. Delacroix: Jangle.
Jeronicus: Just the person I’ve been waiting for.
Mr. Delacroix: Yes, which is why you haven’t answered any of my inquiries.


 

Mr. Delacroix: Jangle, for the last thirty years, you’ve been promising something sensational.
Jeronicus: Yes, and I have a thought.
Mr. Delacroix: Yes, something spectacular. Hm?


 

Mr. Delacroix: Either come up with the money you’ve borrowed by Christmas.
Jeronicus: That’s just a few days away.
Mr. Delacroix: Or show me the revolutionary invention you once promised.
Jeronicus: Something revolutionary?
[makes the calculation on his machine]
Jeronicus: Take the circumference of spectacular. Divided by the second derivative of sensational. It’ll take approximately…
Mr. Delacroix: Two thousand years.


 

Mr. Delacroix: The invention, or the bank will seize Jangles and Things and all its assets.
Jeronicus: Wait. Wait. Mr. Delacroix! Mr. Delacroix! I would lose everything.
Mr. Delacroix: I’m sorry to say it, old friend, but it looks like you already have. Merry Christmas.


 

Grandmother Journey: He had found the one thing that could change everything. But still something was missing. Someone was missing. Many times he sat to write. But Jeronicus
couldn’t figure out the words. I suppose “I’m sorry” hadn’t quite been invented yet. And though she had moved far away, the heart, it seems, isn’t bothered by distance, only by what it loves and wishes loved it in return. And Jessica grew weary of the wait. She had a life of her own now, and a daughter. A peculiar little girl. Curious. Magical, even, some might say. Journey.


 

Jessica: [as Journey sets off to see Jeronicus] It’s only a couple of days, so remember to mind your manners, and eat your dinner. All of it. No matter how it tastes. Be kind to your grandfather. Even if he isn’t everything you’ve imagined he’ll be.
Journey: He’ll be more. I just know it.


 

Grandmother Journey: She couldn’t wait. Living up to her name, a most magical journey was about to begin.


 

Journey: Are you Mr. Jangle?
Jeronicus: Depends on who’s asking.
Journey: I’m Journey, your granddaughter.
Jeronicus: My granddaughter’s name is Jackie. Something with a U. Justice. Jupiter. June. July.
Journey: It’s Journey.
Jeronicus: That’s a J-O-U. That’s with a U. Okay.


 

Jeronicus: My real granddaughter would never want to visit me anyway.
Journey: But I have nowhere else to stay.
Jeronicus: Would you speak a little quieter? Because I’m having a hard time hearing you.
Journey: [louder] I have nowhere else to stay.
Jeronicus: You can’t stay here. Not now. Maybe next year, or year after. Maybe five, or ten years from now. You know what they say about children? They’re a creative vacuum. And I can’t have that right now. I’m working on something. Goodbye.


 

Jeronicus: You can stay.
Journey: Great!
Jeronicus: After you sign this. All clauses of confidentiality to protect the specialty of the personality whose mentality transcends the continuum between fantasy and reality. Which means, you don’t touch, you don’t move, you don’t bust, you don’t break, you don’t take anything from this shop. You understand?


 

Journey: Is it alright if I call you Grandpa Jeronicus?
Jeronicus: Could you not?
Journey: I guess you’re right. Grandpa J sounds so much better.
[she kisses his cheek]

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Jeronicus: Why won’t anyone call me by my name?


 

Grandmother Journey: Driven by Don Juan’s greed and thirst for power, Gustafson’s empire soared. For nearly thirty Christmases, Gustafson unveiled one stolen invention after the other. But then, there were no more. So Gustafson had no choice but to revisit an idea of his own. After all, he was an inventor too.


 

[after Gustafson’s invention fails]
Don Juan Diego: Well, maybe next time someone will lose an eye. So they’ll never have to see what a mockery you’ve become.
Gustafson: If you hadn’t forced me to burn your designs, I could have mass produced you.
Don Juan Diego: [laughs] And the burden of building an empire would have fallen upon whom? I am, and forever will remain, one, and only one, of a kind.


 

Don Juan Diego: Do not be afraid. I want to offer sweet words of encouragement.
[slaps Gustafson’s face]
Don Juan Diego: I encourage you to not be an imbecile! Your only successes have come from that book of inventions. So why not borrow another one of Jeronicus’s inventions?
Gustafson: Because I have already stolen…
Don Juan Diego: Borrowed.
Gustafson: …everything in that book! There is nothing left of him. There is nothing left in that pawn shop of his.
Don Juan Diego: Do I need to slap you again? Because I’m happy to do it, huh? Truly. Once a great inventor, always a great inventor. There is always something left.


 

Journey: So what are you working on?
Jeronicus: Couldn’t be someone talking to me, because the only person talking couldn’t be talking to me, because they’re so busy doing their chores.


 

Jeronicus: [as Journey does a magical equation] You can see that?
Journey: Can’t you?
Jeronicus: No. Not anymore.


 

Journey: [singing] Is it possible that the square root of impossible is me? It’s so possible.


 

Journey: [singing] Watch me rise high above my obstacles. Watch me become who I’m supposed to be. Oh, the possibilities. Because the square root of impossible is possible in me. In me. No, don’t underestimate me. I don’t need a hero to come save me. Just because I’m small, don’t mean I can’t kiss the clouds. I might not be there yet, but I’ll get there. Bet on it. Because I’m already three feet off the ground.


 

Edison Latimer: I’m Edison. Edison Latimer. Professor Jangle’s most trusted assistant. Journey: Do you want to be my apprentice?
Edison Latimer: Do you want to be mine?
Journey: I asked first.


 

[as they find Buddy in the attic]
Edison Latimer: Why didn’t the professor tell me? It’s amazing!
Journey: It’ll be even more amazing when I get it to work.
Edison Latimer: If the professor couldn’t get it to work, what makes you think you can?
Journey: Because there’s nothing that says I can’t.
Edison Latimer: What does that even mean?


 

[as they’re trying to bring Buddy to life]
Edison Latimer: There’s something’s wrong with it.
Journey: There’d be something wrong with you too if you were stuck in a dark room all your life.


 

Edison Latimer: [as Buddy comes to life] I don’t want to die! I haven’t even hit puberty!


 

Journey: Why didn’t you work for my grandfather?
Buddy: I have always worked. Just needed someone to believe.
Journey: That’s it.


 

Jeronicus: What have you done?
Edison Latimer: I told her not to touch it, but she’s not a very good listener.
Jeronicus: The contract clearly stated you were not to touch, move, bust, break, or take anything from this shop! Do you remember?
Journey: I didn’t move it.
Jeronicus: Do you expect me to believe that it just got up and walked over here?
Edison Latimer: Well, actually, he flew.
Jeronicus: That’s not possible.


 

[as Buddy fails to come to life]
Jeronicus: You see? I told you. It doesn’t work.
Journey: He does. You just have to believe.
Edison Latimer: Professor, you really are the greatest inventor of all.
Jeronicus: I’m not an inventor. And you’re not an inventor either.


 

Ms. Johnston: You know, Jerry. Listen. A little fun wouldn’t kill you! Trying to spread joy. It’s Christmas after all.


 

Jeronicus: I have to be out by Christmas. That’s tomorrow!
Ms. Johnston: Oh, Jerry.
Jeronicus: Jeronicus! My name is Jeronicus!
Ms. Johnston: It’s Jerry!


 

[after she finds Edison tied up in the attic]
Journey: What happened?
Edison Latimer: Gustafson! He started bragging that he was the greatest inventor, and that the professor hadn’t invented anything in years, and…
Journey: Edison, tell me you didn’t.
Edison Latimer: I’m the worst apprentice ever. I mean, you’re a really bad apprentice, but not even close to how bad I am.


 

Journey: We have to get Buddy back.
Edison Latimer: Yes. You absolutely do.


 

Journey: Are you thinking what I’m thinking?
Edison Latimer: If I say no, will you stop thinking it?


 

Townsfolk: That’s a lovely truck.
Ms. Johnston: It’s new! I’m still getting used to it. I almost only killed one person today. Progress!


 

Grandmother Journey: Journey would stop at nothing to rescue Buddy, her only hope of saving Jangles and Things, and her grandfather as well.


 

Edison Latimer: We can’t go through there!
Journey: Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.
Edison Latimer: What does that even mean?


 

Gustafson: [referring to Buddy] We saw it with our very own eyes. It’s foolproof.
[Diego slaps him]
Don Juan Diego: Ah! You are proof that there are fools. Fools! Fools! Fools! Fools! Fools.


 

Jeronicus: Mrs. Johnston, can you take me to Gustafson’s factory?
Ms. Johnston: I could be persuaded, I’m sure.
Jeronicus: No bother. I’ll just walk.
Ms. Johnston: Oh, Jerry! Lighten up! Hop inside.
Jeronicus: It’s Jeronicus. My name is Jeronicus!
Ms. Johnston: When you’re walking, it’s Jeronicus. When you’re riding with me, it’s Jerry!


 

Journey: [as they’re rescuing Buddy] You’re doing great, Edison!
Edison Latimer: You’re lying!


 

Don Juan Diego: [as he’s admiring himself in the mirror] Your hair, as shiny as a stallion’s mane. Your eyes, the azul of the sea. And your bumpies, with the burn of a fresh-picked habanero that’s just about to…
Gustafson: Do not finish that sentence, please.


 

Don Juan Diego: Kids in the factory! Stop them at once! Kick their shins. Pull their hair. Twist their arms! Stop them at once!


 

Jeronicus: Journey, are you alright?
Journey: Yes!
Edison Latimer: No!
[look at each other]
Journey: Yes!
Edison Latimer: No!


 

Journey: Grandpa J, there’s a fire! We have to go through the blades!
Jeronicus: Journey, listen to me! You cannot go through the blades! It’s impossible! That’s impossible!
Journey: That’s it! The square root of possible! That’s it! The square root of possible!
Jeronicus: It’s just a theory! A formula in my mind! It’s not been tested!
Journey: We trust you!
Edison Latimer: We don’t have a choice!
Jeronicus: It’s a theory!


 

Journey: Edison, we don’t have time for this. There’s a fire. Come on! Let’s go!
Edison Latimer: Just for the record, this is not a good idea!


 

Journey: This is so cool!
Edison Latimer: This is not cool! This is ill-advised!


 

Journey: Edison, you just have to believe!
Edison Latimer: There’s no logical reason I should, but I do! I do!


 

Edison Latimer: Professor, I came up with a steering mechanism made out of rope that got us through the tunnel alive.
Jeronicus: Well done, Edison. Quite the inventor.
[Edison hugs Jeronicus]
Edison Latimer: Just like you.


 

[as Jeronicus is hugging the children]
Ms. Johnston: Well, if hugs are going for free, I wouldn’t say no.
Jeronicus: Mrs. Johnston? You came back!
Ms. Johnston: A good postal woman always ensures a safe delivery. Children, Jerry, come on! I’ll get the truck, you get the crate!


 

Jeronicus: Mrs. Johnston, I really need you to keep to the left of the road! Left is good. Right is bad.


 

Journey: Thanks for helping me rescue Buddy. I couldn’t have done it without you.
Edison Latimer: We both know that’s not the case. But thanks for saying it anyway.
[he turns to leave, but then turns back]
Edison Latimer: Journey, I really, really do like you a lot. Bye!


 

Jeronicus: Thank you. Though, I don’t know why you came back.
Ms. Johnston: Because you’re a good man. Stubborn. Ornery. Could benefit from a good haircut, a new set of clothes. But still good. Jeronicus, I know about losing things. But the magic isn’t just in what you’ve lost. It’s in what you still have.


 

Jeronicus: [referring to the mistletoe] Look what I found here. I forget how you use these. It’s been so long. I think you place it over someone’s head. Like so. And lean in for a kiss.
[he kisses Ms. Johnston’s cheek]
Jeronicus: Like so.
[Ms. Johnston has her eyes closed]
Jeronicus: Uh, Ms. Johnston? Ms. Johnston, can you hear me?


 

Background Singers: You’ll feel better when you smile.


 

[after Journey’s admitted she wrote a letter from Jeronicus to her mother]
Journey: All she ever talked about was how magical this place was, and that you could see things that nobody else could. Like I can. Everywhere I’ve ever been, I felt out of place. This is the only place where I’ve ever been where I finally felt like I belong.
Jeronicus: Journey, a child with an imagination, always belongs. Never be afraid when people can’t see what you see. Only be afraid if you no longer see it. Okay?
[Journey embraces him]
Journey: I love you, Grandpa J.


 

Jeronicus: Jessica, I’m sorry.
Jessica: For what? For giving up? For making me feel like it was my fault that things turned out the way they did? Do you know how many times I went to my mailbox hoping for something to let me know that you still cared? That you even thought about me at all?
Jeronicus: I thought about you every day. Every day.


 

Jeronicus: Given everything that happened, I wasn’t sure that you wanted to hear from me. So I didn’t send these letters.
[reading from one of his letters]
Jessica: “I wanted you to have the world. Reach into the heavens, pull down the stars, just so they could shine on you. Not just read about a happily ever after, I wanted to be the one to give it to you. Jeronicus Jangle, the greatest inventor of all, who only wishes he were…”
Jeronicus: “The greatest father of all.”


 

Jeronicus: [to Jessica] Journey reminds me so much of you, and your mother. I want to be there for her, like I should have been there for you.


 

Jeronicus:  [as Buddy comes to life] I believe.
Buddy: Believe! Just needed someone to believe.
Jeronicus: Buddy?
Buddy: Jeronicus!
Jeronicus: You’re alive.
Buddy: Alive. Yes!
Jeronicus: Good to see you, Buddy.


 

[reading from Buddy’s design paper]
Constable: “Property of Jeronicus Jangle.” Explain this at once.
Gustafson: I don’t… It’s an easy explanation.
Journey: I can explain. After I ran into Mr. Gustafson, I was afraid he would try to steal The Buddy 3000. So I marked the design. For proof.
Don Juan Diego: Uh-oh.


 

Don Juan Diego: [to Gustafson] You told me those were your inventions. Did you lie? Are you a thief? Yes, you. Jeronicus, save me!
Jeronicus: I’ll take the matador. He’s my invention after all.


 

Don Juan Diego: I’ve missed you! I like your hair. Did you do that yourself?
Jeronicus: Finally, children everywhere will be able to love you.
Don Juan Diego: I am extremely lovable. Puppy-dog eyes. Baby kitten eyes.
Jeronicus: After I reprogram you.
Don Juan Diego: Reprogram? Reprogram what?! I am, and forever will remain, one and only, one of a kind!


 

[as Gustafson’s being arrested and taken away]
Jeronicus: Wait, wait, wait. I have something for him. I had it to give to you for that night.
Gustafson: What?
Jeronicus: But then you were gone.
[Gustafson opens the box]
Gustafson: A gyroscopic stabilizer.
Jeronicus: For your Twirly Whirly. I would have shown you everything, if only you’d waited.


 

Journey: [referring to Buddy] A flying robot.
Mr. Delacroix: Is such a thing possible?
Buddy: Something sensational. Something spectacular. Something revolutionary!


 

Mr. Delacroix: From now on, whatever you need, the bank will give you. For the rest of your life.
Jeronicus: Okay!
Mr. Delacroix: He’s a genius! It’s spectacular! It’s a merry, merry Christmas indeed!


 

Journey: [as Buddy is making Jeronicus fly] Grandpa J, just let go.


 

Jeronicus: [as he’s flying] Hey, everyone! Jangles and Things is open for business. The world of wishes and wonder.
Ms. Johnston: Jerry! Oh! You get down from there this instant!


 

Grandmother Journey: And everything that was stolen from Jeronicus was returned to him. And they laughed, and sang, and danced, just like those flames.


 

[as they find out that Jeronicus is their great-great-grandfather]
Young Girl: Why didn’t you tell us before?
Grandmother Journey: Well, I had to wait for the right moment, when you needed it the most. When you were ready for the magic. Because it’s been ready for you.


 

[as they look out the window and see the large J on a huge factory]
Young Girl: Is that Jeronicus’s factory now?
Grandmother Journey: Yes, it is. I think it’s time you paid a visit.


 

[as they’re flying towards the factory with Buddy]
Grandmother Journey: If you believe, it’s all possible.


 

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