Quotes:Dr. Finkelstein

Cutscene Quotes

"Nonsense. My devices are always perfect!"
— talking to Jack Skellington.
"Maybe we’re missing some ingredients. Let’s try adding memory."
— talking to Jack Skellington.
"Sally! Sally! Good-for-nothing girl! Don’t know why I bothered creating her! Sally’s got the memory we need. See if you can track her down."
— calling for Sally.
"There you go. This time it’s sure to work."
— talking to himself about the heart.
"Emotion, memory...We put in all the necessary ingredients. What else do you need to make a heart? What is a heart anyway? I can’t figure it out."
— before Sora and company leave Halloween Town.

"Yes! Maybe I'm TOO smart. I'm afraid I've created something horrible!"
— being introduced by Jack Skellington.
"Our hearts are full of memories—but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember."
— talking to Sora about memories.
"No! My research is flawless! I just need another look at the potion to find out what went wrong! Unfortunately...it's vanished."
— talking about his potion.
" No! I can't be wrong! Oogie MUST have found his true memories! Hm...True memories must unbalance the heart and cause unpredictable changes within!"
— talking about memories.
"Perhaps something even more terrifying...But this is all just a hypothesis. I can't be sure without further research."
— before leaving.

"You see me boy, our hearts are full of memories---but not all of them reflect the truth. The heart isn't a recording device. Even important memories change with time. They warp or fade, leaving us with but a shadow of what we hoped to remember."
— talking to Sora about memories.
"It happens to everyone. Some memories grow ugly, and some become more beautiful. If we could recover our true memories, the world would seem completely different. So, I devised a potion from forget-me-nots that brings our true memories back."
— explaining his potion to Sora.
"No! I can't be wrong! Oogie MUST have found his true memories! Hmm... True memories must unbalance the heart--- ...and cause unpredictable changes within!"
— talking about memories.

"I see, I see! Interesting...Be sure to tell me about any more "ideas" you have, Jack."
— talking to Jack Skellington
"Very good. Keeping a keen eye trained on your surroundings is critical for an inventor. Now, as you've been exploring, have you seen Oogie's three rugrats? I hear they're up to something on the outskirts of town. Any idea what it is this time?"
— talking to Jack Skellington about Lock, Shock and Barrel.
"Well, you have my full support. Quite a novel idea you've come up with this time, Jack."
— talking to Jack Skellington about his new idea.

"Can't you see...that I'm in the middle of an experiment?"
— talking to Jack Skellington.
"There's nothing wrong with my design-it's flawless. There must be something wrong with the parts those imbeciles brought me. I need to find better assistants."
— talking about his new experiment.
"Oh, help! Someone help me! My latest experiment is gone-it's been stolen!"
— calling for help about his missing experiment.
"Interesting! So the puppet wasn't stolen after all! It ran away on its own! In other words, my experiment was an overwhelming success!"
— talking about the The Experiment.