How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Goonies.
Quote #1
CHUNK: Everything. Okay, I'll talk. In third grade I cheated on my history exam. In fourth grade I stole my Uncle Max's toupee and I glued it on my face when I played Moses in my Hebrew school play. In fifth grade I knocked my sister Edie down the stairs and I blamed it on the dog...
Adults often have to watch how they phrase things, because sometimes the most innocent turn of phrase can confuse a younger audience. Such is the case here, when the Fratellis demand that Chunk tell them "everything." To them, that means "everything related to the map and the treasure." But to Chunk, it literally means ev.ery.thing.
Well, everything he's ashamed of anyway. Which seems to be quite a lot. Kid's been busy.
Quote #2
MIKEY: I forgot. But still...don't you realize? The next time we see sky it'll be over another town. The next time you take a test, it'll be in some other school. Our parents, they want the bestest stuff for us. But right now they gotta do what's right for them, 'cause it's their time. Their time, up there. Down here it's our time. It's our time down here. That's all over the second we ride up "Troy's bucket."
Here's that youthful optimism on display. Mikey, without a ton of experience out there in the real world, refuses to accept that things are the way that they are. In this case, that ends up being a good thing, since it spurs him on to discover Willy's treasure and save the Goonies' homes.
But what about in all of the instances where there's nothing a kid can do? It could be that, when someone is overly optimistic about how they're going to swoop in and save the day, and then that swooping never happens…well, it can turn an optimist into a pessimist pretty quick.
Quote #3
MIKEY: Where are you guys going?
DATA: Men's room, Mikey.
MOUTH: Yeah, we're going to the men's room.
A kid reaches a certain age where…they don't want to be a kid anymore. Even if they resent adults for setting strict rules, or not being able to have fun, or just being generally old and crotchety, there can still be a part of them that can't wait to grow up and take on all the privileges of adulthood.
The only problem is that they don't often stop to think that the trade-off includes taking on all the responsibilities of adulthood as well. Just ask a ten-year-old how badly they want to file taxes and start shopping around for life insurance.