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If you are what you eat, then I only want to eat the good stuff.
— Ratatouille · 2007
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is Remy's whole character in a sentence: he refuses the idea that rats, or anyone, should settle for whatever is lying around. The joke is the turn on the old saying, and the heart is that taste is a calling, not a snobbery. It became a foodie motto and a caption for any good meal, and Django's food-is-fuel reply is the perfect foil.
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In context
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In the opening act of Ratatouille (2007), Remy narrates his life among the rat colony in rural France. He has a sharp sense of taste and smell, and after he sniffs out rat poison in a scrap of food his father Django makes him the colony's poison checker. Django calls the scavenging a noble cause; Remy points out they are stealing garbage. He then says he only wants the good stuff. Django answers that food is fuel and tells him to eat. Patton Oswalt voices Remy.
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- Ratatouille (2007) script, springfieldspringfieldEarly narration, colony scenesReference checked
- Remy, Pixar WikiInfobox and opening quoteReference checked
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