117 Movie Quotes about Rats (Sound Clips)

Last updated on: August 8, 2025

Memorable quotes about rats, selected from famous or less known movies and other sources by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! Light the lamp, not the rat! Light the lamp, not the rat!

Rizzo The Rat in The Muppet Christmas Carol

2 You are a worthless street rat. You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat, and only your fleas will mourn you.

Quote from Aladdin (1992)

3 I am not a rat! -'Course you're not. You're a mouse! -That's right. A mouse. -Yeah, a big mouse.

Quote from The Great Mouse Detective

4 No one can have a higher opinion of you than I have, and I think you're a slimy, contemptible sewer rat.

Basil The Mouse Detective in The Great Mouse Detective

5 In America, there are mouse holes in every wall. -Who says? -Everyone!

Quote from An American Tail

6 Mmm. You dirty rat. You killed my brother. You dirty rat. Mmm.

Quote from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

7 Have you had a pet rat? -No.

Ian Holm as Chef Skinner in Ratatouille

8 There's a dead mouse on that table. -It's an Irish custom. The cats got him today.

Madeline Kahn as Gussie Mausheimer in An American Tail

9 You know what I think? I think you are a sneaky, overreaching little... Rat!