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-->'''Riff:''' I don't got magic powers like you, ComicBook/{{Superman}}, so I had to get this.

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-->'''Riff:''' Well, I don't got magic powers like you, ComicBook/{{Superman}}, so I had to get this.
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-->'''Tony:''' ''(holds up his hands)'' Gee willikers, Batman. Since when do you carry a rod?
-->'''Riff:''' I don't got magic powers like you, Superman. So I had to get this.

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-->'''Tony:''' ''(holds up his hands)'' Gee willikers, Batman.ComicBook/{{Batman}}. Since when do you carry a rod?
-->'''Riff:''' I don't got magic powers like you, Superman. So ComicBook/{{Superman}}, so I had to get this.
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* In the middle of the heartwarming scene at the Cloisters when Tony and María take their vows, Tony says the "for richer or poorer" part and she assures him, "I'm poor."

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* In the middle of the heartwarming scene at the Cloisters when Tony and María take their vows, Tony says the "for richer or poorer" part and she assures him, "I'm poor."" Tony then tells her he's poorer.
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* In the middle of the heartwarming scene at the Cloisters when Tony and María take their vows, Tony says the "for richer or poorer" part and she assures him, "I'm poor."
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-->'''Riff:''' Well, I ain't got magic powers like you, Superman.

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-->'''Riff:''' Well, I ain't don't got magic powers like you, Superman.Superman. So I had to get this.
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* Maria initiates the first kiss with Tony, leading to him awkwardly saying he's a "by the book" kind of guy.
-->'''Maria:''' You're tall.

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* Maria María initiates the first kiss with Tony, leading to him awkwardly saying he's a "by the book" kind of guy.
-->'''Maria:''' -->'''María:''' You're tall.



-->'''Maria:''' You're not Puerto Rican.

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-->'''Maria:''' -->'''María:''' You're not Puerto Rican.



-->'''Maria:''' From down here I wasn't sure.

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-->'''Maria:''' -->'''María:''' From down here I wasn't sure.



* The morning after the dance, Maria wakes up to realize she slept in her white dress on top of her covers all night. She then quickly puts on her nightwear, rolls around in her blanket, and runs her fingers through her hair to make it look like morning hair.

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* The morning after the dance, Maria María wakes up to realize she slept in her white dress on top of her covers all night. She then quickly puts on her nightwear, rolls around in her blanket, and runs her fingers through her hair to make it look like morning hair.



--->'''Maria:''' Good morning.

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--->'''Maria:''' --->'''María:''' Good morning.



--->'''Maria:''' I'm right here.

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--->'''Maria:''' --->'''María:''' I'm right here.



* While telling Chino how to dance with Maria, Bernardo pours him a glass of water, and then takes it away right before Chino can take a sip because the girls are ready to go.

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* While telling Chino how to dance with Maria, María, Bernardo pours him a glass of water, and then takes it away right before Chino can take a sip because the girls are ready to go.



* Tony tries to learn Spanish from Valentina for Maria, specifically phrases such as "I want to be with you forever". Valentina obliges him, but dryly asks if he was sure he didn't want to go with "Can I take you out for a coffee? I want to take you to Chock Full O Nuts for a cream cheese sandwich on raisin bread?".

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* Tony tries to learn Spanish from Valentina for Maria, María, specifically phrases such as "I want to be with you forever". Valentina obliges him, but dryly asks if he was sure he didn't want to go with "Can I take you out for a coffee? I want to take you to Chock Full O Nuts for a cream cheese sandwich on raisin bread?".



* Maria's boss tries to get the girls to stop singing during "I Feel Pretty," but soon gets swept up in the song. Once it's done, she laughs then bluntly tells them all to get back to work.

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* Maria's María's boss tries to get the girls to stop singing during "I Feel Pretty," but soon gets swept up in the song. Once it's done, she laughs then bluntly tells them all to get back to work.



** When Maria sings the line "See that pretty girl in the mirror there?" from the first half of the song, one of her coworkers sprays the mirror over Maria's reflection in time with the music.
** Maria starts the song by taking one of the scarves from a mannequin, and then sits in one of the displays.
--->"Oh, I am terribly sorry, ''Señora'' Fausta, but I do not clean floors. No, no, I wear my ''(pause as she checks the price tag)'' $17.98 silk shawl. ''Lo único que voy a decir es que''[[note]]The only thing I'm going to say is that[[/note]] I'm happy in my fancy rich lady apartment!"

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** When Maria María sings the line "See that pretty girl in the mirror there?" from the first half of the song, one of her coworkers sprays the mirror over Maria's María's reflection in time with the music.
** Maria María starts the song by taking one of the scarves from a mannequin, and then sits in one of the displays.
--->"Oh, --->'''María:''' ''(in a posh gringa accent)'' Oh, I am terribly sorry, ''Señora'' Fausta, but I do not clean floors. No, no, I wear my ''(pause as she checks the price tag)'' $17.98 silk shawl. ''Lo único que voy a decir es que''[[note]]The only thing I'm going to say is that[[/note]] I'm happy in my fancy rich lady apartment!"apartment!



* This exchange in Maria and Anita's first scene.
-->'''Maria:''' The boys think I'm a kid.

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* This exchange in Maria María and Anita's first scene.
-->'''Maria:''' -->'''María:''' The boys think I'm a kid.



** Also, Maria trying on the white dress, then exasperatingly throwing it over her head like a wedding veil.

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** Also, Maria María trying on the white dress, then exasperatingly throwing it over her head like a wedding veil.
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* Tony tries to learn Spanish from Valentina for Maria, specifically phrases such as "I want to be with you forever". Valentina obliges him, but dryly asks if he was sure he didn't want to go with "Can I take you out for a coffee?".

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* Tony tries to learn Spanish from Valentina for Maria, specifically phrases such as "I want to be with you forever". Valentina obliges him, but dryly asks if he was sure he didn't want to go with "Can I take you out for a coffee?".coffee? I want to take you to Chock Full O Nuts for a cream cheese sandwich on raisin bread?".
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-->'''Maria:''' Bernardo thinks I'm a kid.

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-->'''Maria:''' Bernardo thinks The boys think I'm a kid.
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* After finding Maria, Tony begins to climb up the fire escape, only to be stopped because the last one is locked.

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* After finding Maria, María, Tony begins to climb up the fire escape, only to be stopped because the last one gate on her landing is locked.



-->'''Maria:''' ''Si''. There's no key.
-->'''Tony:''' Well, that's against the law. You ought to report that.

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-->'''Maria:''' ''Si''. There's -->'''María:''' ''Sí'', but there's no key.
-->'''Tony:''' Well, that's against the law. You ought to oughta report that.
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* Anita sings her part of "Tonight (Quintet)", in which she says she's going to have sex with Bernardo after the rumble, ''while in church''. The ladies next to her tell her to shush.

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* Anita sings her part of "Tonight (Quintet)", in which she says she's going to have sex with Bernardo after the rumble, ''while in church''. The ladies next to her Rosalía and Luz tell her to shush.
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** Maria starts the song by taking one of the scarves from a mannequin.
--->"I don't clean anymore. I wear my ''(pause as she checks the price tag)'' $17.98 silk shawl."

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** Maria starts the song by taking one of the scarves from a mannequin.
--->"I don't
mannequin, and then sits in one of the displays.
--->"Oh, I am terribly sorry, ''Señora'' Fausta, but I do not
clean anymore. floors. No, no, I wear my ''(pause as she checks the price tag)'' $17.98 silk shawl." ''Lo único que voy a decir es que''[[note]]The only thing I'm going to say is that[[/note]] I'm happy in my fancy rich lady apartment!"
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* A darkly humorous moment occurs when Riff buys the gun from a black market dealer. He explains to the Jets that they need a gun because the Sharks think they're bringing a gun and thus have to bring one in case the Puerto Ricans do. The dealer then namedrops MutuallyAssuredDestruction, and Riff says he doesn't know what that means...even though he ''just explained the concept'' himself.

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* A darkly humorous moment occurs when Riff buys the gun from a black market dealer. He explains to the Jets that they need a gun because the Sharks think they're bringing a gun and thus have to bring one in case the Puerto Ricans do. The dealer then namedrops MutuallyAssuredDestruction, and Riff says he doesn't know what that means...is...even though he ''just explained the concept'' himself.
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** When Riff and Bernardo have a tense negotiation over the rumble location and Riff suggests the salt shed, Bernardo has to briefly stop and ask Quique where that actually is.
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** Before that, Tony asks her to translate "You look beautiful." She replies ''"¿De veras?"'', which means "Really?", as she's playfully flattered. And Tony rights that down because he thinks it's the translation.

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** Before that, Tony asks her to translate "You look beautiful." She replies ''"¿De veras?"'', which means "Really?", as she's playfully flattered. And Tony rights writes that down because he thinks it's the translation.
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** And another Jet trying to say he doesn't know where the rumble is, or even ''what'' a rumble is.

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** And another Jet Balkan trying to say he doesn't know where the rumble is, or even ''what'' a rumble is.
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** Before that, Tony asks her to translate "You look beautiful." She replies ''"¿De veras?"'', which means "Really?", as she's playfully flattered. And Tony rights that down because he thinks it's the translation.
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** On a meta-level, it's funny that her boss is played by Andréa Burns, who played Maria in the 1992-1993 European tour of the musical.
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**When the bar owner asks Riff what the gun shoots, as in what type of ammunition, Action helpfully leans in and confidently responds with "Bullets."

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-->'''Mouthpiece:''' Nah, I just hang with the guys until someone says it's time to go.

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-->'''Mouthpiece:''' Nah, I just hang with the guys until someone says it's time to "let's go."



** And another Jet trying to say he doesn't know where the rumble is, or even ''what'' a rumble is.



* At the dance, Officer Krupke takes a girl's cup of punch and sniffs it for illicit substances. He offers it back, but the girls walks away, leading to him drinking it.

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* At the dance, Officer Krupke takes a girl's cup of punch and sniffs it for illicit substances. He offers it back, but the girls girl walks away, leading to him drinking it.

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-->'''Maria:''' ''(laughs as he tries to open it)'' There's no key.

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-->'''Tony:''' Locked?
-->'''Maria:''' ''(laughs as he tries to open it)'' ''Si''. There's no key.
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** He also says that the dance is a social experiment and the kids are the Guinea pigs. Everyone begins oinking at him, to which he says, exasperated, "Right on cue."

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** He also says that the dance is a social experiment and the kids are the Guinea guinea pigs. Everyone begins oinking at him, to which he says, exasperated, "Right on cue."



--->"I don't clean anymore. I wear my ''(pause as she checks the price tag)'' $17.98 scarf."

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--->"I don't clean anymore. I wear my ''(pause as she checks the price tag)'' $17.98 scarf.silk shawl."
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** During the line "We're disturbed/we're disturbed/we're the most disturbed!", the Jets stand in a line and hold Baby John, then toss him aside once the stanza is over.
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* Mouthpiece giving a non-answer when one of the cops tries to get the location of the rumble from him.
-->'''Officer:''' They must tell you when to show up.
-->'''Mouthpiece:''' Nah, I just hang with the guys until someone says it's time to go.
-->'''Officer:''' And then?
-->'''Mouthpiece:''' [[MathematiciansAnswer I go.]]
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**The Jets flee the station upon seeing Krupke, except for Mouthpiece, who takes the time to return Krupke's hat, pat him on the back, then hurry after his friends.
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* Anita's comeback when Bernardo refers to Tony as a "Polack," where she calls him out for using racial slurs just as the Jets use them on him.
-->"'Polack,' says the 'spic.' Now you sound like a ''real'' American."
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* The morning after the dance, Maria wakes up to realize she slept in her white dress on top of her covers all night. She then quickly puts on her nightwear, rolls around in her blanket, and runs her fingers through her hair to make it look like she has morning hair.

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* The morning after the dance, Maria wakes up to realize she slept in her white dress on top of her covers all night. She then quickly puts on her nightwear, rolls around in her blanket, and runs her fingers through her hair to make it look like she has morning hair.
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-->'''Maria:''' You're tall.
-->'''Tony:''' Yeah, and...you're not.
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* While telling Chino how to dance with Maria, Bernardo pours him a glass of water, and then takes it away right before Chino can take a sip because the girls are ready to go.
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* Riff's comeback when Lt. Schrank berates the Jets at the beginning for allowing their territory to disappear.
-->"First you said it was the slum committee, now you're saying it's the [=PRs=]. You gotta get your stories straight, Lt. Schrank. We're very impressionable."
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** When Maria sings the line "See that pretty girl in the mirror there?" from the first half of the song, one of her coworkers sprays the mirror over Maria's reflection in time with the music.
** Maria starts the song by taking one of the scarves from a mannequin.
--->"I don't clean anymore. I wear my ''(pause as she checks the price tag)'' $17.98 scarf."
*** Incidentally, that scarf would cost $168 today.

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