Arthur Christmas

"[cycling through Trelew, to some cows in a field] Happy Christmas, cows!"

"[struggling to row the boat way across the Atlantic Ocean to Trelew, grunting and singing] Jingle bells / This boat smells / 3,000 miles to go"

"[repeated line] A child's been missed!"

"It doesn't matter how we got here. The sleigh on the roof, the-the jingle bells, the 8 reindeer. Gwen would've never seen that."

"[using the Earth itself as a map after losing all the other ones] Biggest map in the world!"

"[after making the sleigh look like a UFO] Take us to your leader!"

"[as Arthur parachutes away] In Santa we believe!"

"[as he prepares to abandon Evie he speaks to his old reindeer] Well, this is it, old fella! Maybe the next Santa never sat in my EVIE, but Arthur did, and he's as good a man as any Santa there's ever been! Goodbye, Evie. [jumps off at the last second as missiles destroy the sleigh]"

"No one gets an unwrapped present on my watch!"

"[bravely faces the man-eating lions after they try to tear Gwen's gift] Only children get to tear the wrapping!"

"There's always time for a bow!"

"[picks up Gwen's letter] Can I burn this?"

"This is Germany, Father. They drive on the right. National dish, sausage. Okay, let's show them, people. Operation: Santa Claus is Coming to Town!"

"How many times, Arthur? It's the North Pole. [turns around and walks away] Shut the doors!"

"2 billion gifts delivered, and we didn't leave a footprint in the snow. And now..."

"[at the house in Trelew, Mexico; the same one where Grand-Santa, Arthur and Bryony accidentally went previously] Good morning, Gwen. Ho, et cetera. Apologies for the minor delay. I'm sure that even a child can understand that in an operation as complex as Christmas, there's always an insignificant margin of error. Which is you! As a gesture, I've upgraded you to the GlamourFast Ultra X3, which retails at $9.99, more than your requested gift. Bigger, ergo better. If you wouldn't mind just signing a legal waiver? [Pedro: [confused] No lo entiendo, Señor. Soy Pedro.] P-Pedro? A boy? [Pedro: Quién es usted?] A Spanish boy?!"

"Risk of mooing: 98%."

"Systems critical. Lead in Christmas."

"Christmas accomplished. Commence decking halls."

"[before the closing credits roll] And May 100% of your Christmases be white!"

"Santa: Dear Arthur, what a puzzle."

"Ernie: Look, everyone, it's Arthur! He's delivering the present!"

"Chief de Silva: Friends, on this night of peace, we stand confronted by an unknown danger: aliens. Aliens from space."

"Peter: [after learning about Arthur being the new Santa] You know, I've always liked Arthur. Ya think he likes espresso?"

"My aspiration for the character design was, yes, not going the “Flushed Away” route of trying to copy the stop-frame look. That was my choice. I think that Nick [Park] is one of the best character designers in the world. People don’t think of him like that, but I think he is. I think one of the things that makes his movies spectacular is his characters are fantastic. But, to me, they totally belong to Nick and they belong to stop-frame. So, in the end, I wanted them to still look like they could have only come from Aardman and that they belonged to the family. I think they do. I don’t think they look like CGI human characters from other studios. We didn’t try to make any of them cute, particularly. They weren’t trying to look appealing. They are themselves. They have a slightly rough and ready look to them."

"James McAvoy as Arthur"

"Hugh Laurie as Steve"

"Bill Nighy as Grand-Santa"

"Jim Broadbent as Malcolm "Santa" Claus"

"Imelda Staunton as Margaret Claus"

"Ashley Jensen as Bryony"

"Marc Wootton as Peter"

"Laura Linney as North Pole Computer"

"Eva Longoria as UNFITA Chief De Silva"

"Ramona Marquez as Gwen"

"Michael Palin as Ernie Clicker"

"Joan Cusack as Mission Control Elf"

"Andy Serkis as General Elf"

"Sanjeev Bhaskar, Robbie Coltrane, Rhys Darby, Jane Horrocks, Iain McKee, and Dominic West as Lead Elfs"