Pulp Fiction

JULES Good for you. Looks like me and Vincent caught you at breakfast, sorry 'bout that. What'cha eatin'? BRETT Hamburgers. JULES Hamburgers. The cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast. What kinda hamburgers? BRETT Cheeseburgers. JULES No, I mean where did you get'em? MacDonald's, Wendy's, Jack-in-the- Box, where? BRETT Big Kahuna Burger. JULES Big Kahuna Burger. That's that Hawaiian burger joint. I heard they got some tasty burgers. I ain't never had one myself, how are they?

VINCENT Well, Marsellus is leavin' for Florida and when he's gone, he wants me to take care of Mia. JULES Take care of her? Making a gun out of his finger and placing it to his head. VINCENT Not that! Take her out. Show her a good time. Don't let her get lonely. JULES You're gonna be takin' Mia Wallace out on a date? VINCENT It ain't a date. It's like when you and your buddy's wife go to a movie or somethin'. It's just... you know... good company.

JULES There's a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of the darkness. For he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know I am the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon you." I been sayin' that shit for years. And if you ever heard it, it meant your ass. I never really questioned what it meant. I thought it was just a coldblooded thing to say to a motherfucker 'fore you popped a cap in his ass. But I saw some shit this mornin' made me think twice. Now I'm thinkin', it could mean you're the evil man. And I'm the righteous man. And Mr. .45 here, he's the shepherd protecting my righteous ass in the valley of darkness. Or is could by you're the righteous man and I'm the shepherd and it's the world that's evil and selfish. I'd like that. But that shit ain't the truth. The truth is you're the weak. And I'm the tyranny of evil men. But I'm tryin'. I'm tryin' real hard to be a shepherd.

And with that, Pumpkin and Honey Bunny grab their weapons, stand up and rob the restaurant. Pumpkin's robbery persona is that of the in-control professional. Honey Bunny's is that of the psychopathic, hair-triggered, loose cannon. PUMPKIN (yelling to all) Everybody be cool this is a robbery! HONEY BUNNY Any of you fuckin' pricks move and I'll execute every one of you motherfuckers! Got that?

MIA Don't you hate that? VINCENT What? MIA Uncomfortable silences. Why do we feel it's necessary to yak about bullshit in order to be comfortable? VINCENT I don't know. MIA That's when you know you found somebody special. When you can just shit the fuck up for a minute, and comfortably share silence. VINCENT I don't think we're there yet. But don't feel bad, we just met each other.

MEDIUM SHOT – BUTCH COOLIDGE We FADE UP on BUTCH COOLIDGE, a white, 26-year-old prizefighter. Butch sits at a table wearing a red and blue high school athletic jacket. Talking to him OFF SCREEN is everybody's boss MARSELLUS WALLACE. The black man sounds like a cross between a gangster and a king.