"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."

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

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

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

"Santa: Dear Arthur, what a puzzle."

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

"Christmas accomplished. Commence decking halls."

"Systems critical. Lead in Christmas."

"Risk of mooing: 98%."

"[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?!"

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

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

"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!"

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

"There's always time for a bow!"

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

"[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!"

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

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

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

"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."

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

"[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"

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

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

"Andy Serkis as General Elf"

"Joan Cusack as Mission Control Elf"

"Michael Palin as Ernie Clicker"

"Ramona Marquez as Gwen"

"Eva Longoria as UNFITA Chief De Silva"

"Laura Linney as North Pole Computer"

"Marc Wootton as Peter"

"Yeah. The finish line."

"Oh, please, please, my friends. Tell me something I don't already know."

"[After seeing Ms. Montague order the Kitten Clipper instead of the Terrafirminator; shocked] Not the Kitten Clipper?! Oh no..."

"I love going Commando!"

"[not seen, but voice heard] Well, you don't get much stealthier than this. [Camera turns to reveal Benny wearing a flower costume] Hello!"

"A cheat! A cheat, that's what you are!"

"Oh, Gnomeo, Gnomeo, are we really doomed to never see each other again? Why must you wear a blue hat? Why couldn't it be red like my father, or green like... like a leprechaun... or purple like, ummm, like some weird guy - I mean what's in a gnome? Because you are blue, my father sees red, and because I am red, I am feeling blue. Oh, at any rate that shouldn't be the thing to keep us apart, should it?"

"What's in a gnome?"

"I saw it first!"

"[While Paris serenades her badly; sarcastically] Oh, my dad sure knows how to choose 'em."

""Who's your gnomie?" [grabs the flower] Who's your gnomie now?"

"[shouts] I'm not delicate!"

"[To Juliet, after she tells him to leave] I'm not going anywhere."

"Tybalt, you just crossed the line!"

"Nice greenhouse, eh?"