- What is this trash you're reading?
- It's not trash, Daddy, it's lovely. It's called Moby Dick, by Herman Melville.
- Moby what?

— Harry Wormwood (Danny Devito), Matilda Wormwood (Mara Wilson)

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8 seconds sound clip from the Matilda (1996) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:20:10.203 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- For those idiots out there who don't know how to play, here's how it goes.

- For each correct answer, they'll move one step closer to our cube of cash. Once in our cube of cash, any money that sticks to your gooey body you get to take home.

- Hi, Dad.

- Are you in this family? Hello? Are you in this family?

- Dinnertime is family time.

- What is this trash you're reading?

- It's not trash, Daddy, it's lovely. It's called Moby Dick, by Herman Melville.

- Moby what?

- This is filth! Trash! Here.

- It's not mine! It's a library book.

- Trash!

- I'm fed up with all this reading! You're a Wormwood, you start acting like one! Sit up and look at the TV.

- Producers are not liable for any skin irritation resulting from our game. Get real sticky and get cash for free. All right, that's enough. Let's get sticky!

- I didn't do it.

- Of course you didn't do it, you little twit.

[...]

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