Hubie The Penguin: 13 Movie Quotes with Audio

Updated: Jan 15, 2026

Sound clips of the funniest lines of Hubie, the shy and kind-hearted Adélie penguin from The Pebble and the Penguin, in MP3 and WAV formats.

1 Get your filthy flippers off my girl!

Martin Short in The Pebble and the Penguin

2 What do you call a flower before it opens? -A bud. -I love it when you call me bud.

3 Sometimes I wonder what the colors mean, why the sea is g-green like your eyes.

Martin Short in The Pebble and the Penguin

4 You must be bored to tears with all this wacky nonsense. -Oh, no. I don't think it's nonsense at all, even if you are a bit wacky.

Martin Short as Hubie The Penguin; Annie Golden as Marina in The Pebble and the Penguin

5 How do they live like this? -They pay for it.

6 Oh, I'm sorry. I guess nobody likes a blabbermouth, right? -No. You think?

Martin Short in The Pebble and the Penguin

7 What happened? Did your girl run off with another penguin? -No. She did not. -Oh, then she's waiting for you, right?

8 This is the chance of a lifetime. -This is the end of a lifetime.

9 Can't you even admit that you like me just a little?

Martin Short in The Pebble and the Penguin

10 Do you love the girl? -Of course, I do. I... -Then shut up.