Vern [Cheering and laughing] Two for flinching! : Tags. : Chris: Hell no! I guess a more experienced shopper could have gotten more for your seven cents. Chris: We could go down to the Route 136 bridge. Lardass Hogan : Within a few seconds, Lardass has finished his first pie]. Vern Tessio was born in Castle Rock, Vern is the goofy and scariest and fat kid of the group. Like Charlie Hogan's brother. I guess a more experienced shopper could have gotten more for your seven cents. Except for the looney up in Togus. He weighs close to one-eighty. Vern Tessio is one of the four boys from the short story The Body and the film based on it, Stand By Me . Kiefer Sutherland. Look, you guys can go around if you want to, I'm crossing here, and when you guys are dragging your candy asses half way across the state and back, I'll be waiting for you on the other side relaxing with my thoughts. [Lardass continues and the crowd starts to cheer him on]. Teddy: [to Vern] You go. I know. It turns out that the body in the woods was indeed his. Vern Vern Everybody's weird. There's no doubt about it. Teddy: Stand back, men! : Vern Happens sometimes, friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant. Gordie: Now come on, flip again. The Writer: [voiceover] I was twelve going on thirteen first time I saw a dead human being. Chris Chambers *~ You two are walking down with the other boys to the diner. You die, Chambers! What did you bring a comb for? Chris: Bulltrue! That's not the secret knock. Gordie: Yeah, I've been noticing lately that the "A"and the "E" are starting to bend around the sides. He was carrying five elephants in one hand! Lardass! Teddy Does the word "retarded" mean anything to you? [Chopper starts biting Teddy's shirt] Bite sh*t! Chris: Why don't you go home and f*** your mother some more? But in a bid to beat the Royal Mail's ban on sending parcels abroad. While nine months of trying to find a quart jar of pennies that he apparently buried under his house at the beginning of a school year, he heard his brother talking to a fellow gang . Memorable quote: "You guys wanna go see a dead body?" Vern Tessio In 1959, four boys venture out into the wilderness to locate the body of a local missing teenager. Gordie: Okay. Vern is a protagonist of insecurities, and somewhat childish characteristics. Chris Chris: Run! I guess a more experienced shopper could have gotten more for your seven cents. I just got a three day vacation. No shit. Because Vern had been eavesdropping under the front of the house. Shut up, Vern. Their journey includes a variety of scary adventures (including a ferocious junkyard dog, a swamp full of leeches, and a treacherous leap from a train trestle), but it's also a time for personal revelations, quiet interludes, and the raucous comradeship of best friends. : : , Gordie says that he can. 22. Chris: Nothing. Vern: Like Charlie Hogan's brother. BBC News. Eat shit! Boy, you don't know nothin', Mighty Mouse is a cartoon, Superman is a real guy, no way a cartoon could beat up a real guy. Vern's gonna die! Teddy: What are you cracked? [group chuckles] Teddy : What? - Vern: What am I supposed to do, think of everything? Vern: Why not? Vern Tessio is a main character in Stand By Me. You're Lachance. That's weird. Goofy's a dog. Official Sites : Teddy Chris: And do you think that that b*tch would have dared try something like that if it had been one of those douchebags from up on the view, if they had taken the money? 7 His friends began to bother him and he looked back up with a flushed face. Vern : 29 January 2023. Principal Wiggins barfed on the lumberjack that was sitting next to him. Vern Teddy: Yeah? Teddy: What are you cracked? This, as we know, upsets him because he's a good kid and he wants to go to school and learn. That could take 'til dark. Gordie What are you cracked? Vern Pez. : Finding new and preferably ways to degrade a friend's mother, was always held in high regard. Jesus, does anybody? Come on, man! Lardass Hogan : His fast gun for hire heads the calling wind .. Release Dates Heh-heh-heh GO! The Body was published in King's 1982 collection Different Seasons and later adapted into the 1986 film Stand by Me.. He was stabbed in the throat. Vern No but this is. : What did you bring a comb for? Teddy: A pile of sh*t has a thousand eyes. STOP TEASING THAT DOG! Teddy Chris: You mean, you didn't bring anything either?! It's stupid. You lose Gordie! Vern: Geez, Gordie, why couldn't you have gotten breakfast stuff like twinkies, Pez and root beer? Chris: Not me. Chris Gordie Vern As the story begins, Gordie's friend Vern Tessio asks his him and two other friends, Teddy DuChamp and Chris Chambers, if they want to see a dead body near another town. Gordie : Boy, you don't know nothing! No one even asked me if I took the milk money that time. , Vern is overweight, emotionally sensitive, not very bright, and rather easily scared. Vern [to Vern] Why didn't you bring something?! Gordie: Come on, Choppy! An' nobody is taking him. I'LL SIC MY DOG ON YOU! Teddy: He's a dog, he's definitely a dog Chris: He can't be a dog, he wears a hat and drives a car Vern: Yeah, that is weird. STOP TEASING HIM! A sleeper hit when released in 1986, Stand by Me is based on Stephen King's novella "The Body" (from the book Different Seasons); but it's more about the joys and pains of boyhood friendship than a morbid fascination with corpses. He weighs close to one-eighty. Yarn is the best search for video clips by quote. Teddy It'd be a small meal. What a surprise! Vern: No, I saw him on TV the other day, he was holding five elephants in one hand. [the boys get dressed and Gordie is recovering from fainting] Four Kids. I think Chris is right, let's just go back." Vern Tessio. I guess I'm just a p*ssy, huh? Find the exact moment in a TV show, movie, or music video you want to share. : [Also furious] Include crossovers; Exclude crossovers; Show only crossovers; Completion Status. Chris: How do you know if a Frenchman has been in your backyard? [punches Vern in the arm twice], [The boys stop and stare into the distance]. Teddy: Boy, you don't know nothin', Mighty Mouse is a cartoon, Superman is a real guy, no way a cartoon could beat up a real guy. Gordie: Move it! [the other boys restrain him]. Adventure Stand By Me Chris Chambers Gordie Lachance Vern Tessio Teddy Duchamp My dear brother. Vern. Crowd Why couldn't you have gotten breakfast stuff? Gordie: And then your mother goes around the corner and she licks it up. [Chris and Teddy hand Gordie their money] 68 cents from Chris. Gordie: Um [checks his watch] It's 1:15. What the hell is Goofy? When Gordie was twelve, he couldn't imagine a world but what he already knew. And while you guys are dragging your candy asses across the state and back, I'll be waiting for you on the other side relaxing with my thoughts. What did I say? Vern: I'm not going alone. : I know how your dad feels about you, he doesn't give a sh*t about you. He drives a car and wears a hat. Vern Well. They all got totaled! Gordie: Yeah, man, I'm not goin'. Teddy : Reads the card of a man. : Teddy - Gordie: Mickey's a mouse, Donald's a duck, Pluto's a dog. You walk five miles down the river, you gotta walk five miles back. Your. You better pace yourself if you wanna hold out, boy. Teddy: [lunges again, but the others restrain him again] I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!! Child Actors. It was grand. : B-but you flinched! Mayor Grundy The Writer: [voiceover] Vern didn't just mean being off limits inside the junkyard, or fudging on our folks, or going on a hike up the railroad tracks to Harlow. Go to the shop Go to the shop. Bill Travis Vern: Come on you guys, let's get moving. Run! : Remember when Clint Bracken and those guys got wiped out on Weed Hill in Durham? Why not? STANDS4 LLC, 2023. A week later, his mom cleaned out his room and threw away the map. You might even write about us guys if you ever get hard up for material. Cherry flavor Pez. Gordie: HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY! Quotes "It's like God gave you something, man - all those stories you can come up with." "You're just a kid, Gordie." "If your parents are too fucked up to do it, then maybe I should." "Not if I see you first." "Bull-true." "Do you wanna be the Lone Ranger or the Cisco Kid?" "You're gonna have to kill me Ace." "Skin it." Slowly, a sound started to build in Lardass' stomach. He is never willing to take risks and will allow the rest of the boys to pressure him into things. twin brother to be exact. What the audience didn't know was that Lardass wasn't really interested in winning. My father stormed the beach at Normandy! "We all knew what Vern meant right away. : Vern: Yeah, but if a train comes, there's nowheres to go. Gordie: Suck my fat one, you cheap dime store hood. Vern: Why not? What the hell is Goofy? Suddenly, Lardass opened his mouth, and before Bill Travis knew it Gordie You brought the comb! If either of you a**holes had a$1000, I'd kill you both. Company Credits Aghhh! Real fat. Teddy: Have you guys been watching The Mickey Mouse Club lately? Teddy Unlock this Study Guide! Gordie You brought the comb! Shoot us all? Great, spit at the fat kid", this proves that . Legend had it that Milo had trained Chopper, not just to sic, but to sic specific parts of the human anatomy. We should all go. You don't even have any hair! Teddy: My father stormed the beach at Normandy. I mean, you knew I took it. He can be very sheepish and anixous and normally takes the back seat in the group. Sic balls, Choppy! The Writer: [voiceover] As time went on we saw less and less of Teddy and Vern until eventually they became just two more faces in the halls. It's a stupid wasted time! Teddy You like it, Teddy? Vern Teddy often picks on him Vern throughout the movie. Chris GET UP! You guys wanna go see a dead body? At the beginning of the school year, Vern had buried a quart jar of pennies underneath his house. What's your problem, Duchamp? Teddy: That was the all-time train dodge. Chris: Suck my fat one? What? Oh, Jesus, man, that's a goocher. that could take 'til dark. Just say that I told this story. : Nothing like a smoke after a meal. I'm not goin' all the way out there. Teddy Milo: He's crazier than a shithouse rat. : Gordie Lachance. During there he wanted to stay in a . Let him do his own fighting. Gordie: Maybe it shouldn't be a good time. : You four-eyed psycho. He took your ear and he put it to a stove and he burnt it off. : I cherish these moments. Let me in! [The boys have come across a train trestle, and are contemplating crossing it.].