How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
Quote #4
GERTIE: I taught him how to talk now. He can talk now. […]
ELLIOTT: E.T. Can you say that? Can you say "E.T."? E.T.
E.T.: Eee. Tee.
[ELLIOTT laughs ecstatically]
E.T.: E.T! E.T! E.T.! Be good.
GERTIE: "Be good"! I taught him that, too.
We're not going to lie: Gertie's the last person we would've pegged to be E.T.'s English teacher. But she embraces the role wholeheartedly. After all, she's still learning to communicate herself.
Quote #5
E.T.: E.T. phone home.
MICHAEL: My god, he's talking now.
E.T.: Home.
E.T.'s vocabulary is small, but powerful. He needs to make contact with his home planet, and he needs to make contact pronto.
Quote #6
MICHAEL: Stop that. No, don't. It's a fake knife. It's a fake.
Miscommunication can lead to hilarious results, as it does here, when E.T. mistakes Michael's Halloween costume for a real injury, and Michael struggles to communicate to E.T. that he's okay and doesn't need E.T.'s healing touch—especially not at this moment when they're trying to sneak E.T. past Mom.