25 JoJo Rabbit Quotes From The Comedic World War II Drama
These Jojo Rabbit quotes come from some of our favorite characters like Elsa and Jojo, and even Jojo’s imaginary version of his friend Hitler.
In 2011, Taika Waititi’s mother was telling him about a book she had read called Caging Skies.
He reportedly kept telling her he did not have time, but then finally read the book.
He reached out to the author and began the process of adapting her book into the movie Jojo Rabbit.
The movie premiered on October 18, 2019.
The author, Christine Leunens, said she was inspired to write the story after she heard a story from an elderly woman she had befriended, whose family hid a Jewish man after he had fled Poland.
The old lady and the man her family assisted ended up marrying after the war.
So, in a way, Jojo Rabbit is loosely based on an authentic story.
However, Taika didn’t want the movie to be another ‘sad Holocaust film,’ and that prompted him to invent the dunderheaded version of Adolph Hitler that Jojo imagines.
There are quite a few Jojo Rabbit quotes that remind us how sad and wrong the Holocaust was though.
Keep reading these Jojo Rabbit quotes to learn more about the award-winning film.
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Most memorable Jojo Rabbit quotes from Jojo Betzler
1. “Stop offering me damn cigarettes! I’m ten!” — Jojo Betzler
2. “F*** off, Hitler.” — Jojo Betzler
3. “Jojo Betzler. Ten years old. Today, you join the ranks of the Junvolk, in a very special training weekend. It’s going to be intense. Today, you become a man.” — Jojo Betzler
4. “Case closed. Now, it’s time for Jojo to show those stick insects who’s the real cowardly rabbit.” — Jojo Betzler
5. “Why are you so happy? Your son is ugly like a monster.” — Jojo Betzler
6. “Okay, well, I’ll just say what I have to say. And that’s this: I’m not scared of you, and I think you should find somewhere else to live. Okay?” — Jojo Betzler
7. “If I tell on you, you will be in big trouble, and I don’t think you want that. But then you’ll tell on me and my mother and we’ll be in big trouble, which I don’t want. And if you tell my mother I know, then she’ll kick you out, which you don’t want. And if I tell my mother I know, then you’ll cut off my head. Which I also don’t want. So it’s a Mexican stalemate.” — Jojo Betzler
8. “Please take this seriously. Think of this as an expose. I want to know all your secrets.” — Jojo Betzler
9. “Start telling me about your kind.” — Jojo Betzler
10. “There’s not enough food for you, so I don’t know what you’re going to do.” — Jojo Betzler
11. “Oh, you know, just wandered around being a deformed kid with nothing to live for.” — Jojo Betzler
Best Jojo Rabbit quotes from Elsa that will make you love her
12. “We’re like you, but human.” — Elsa Korr
13. “You were chosen by a pathetic little man who can’t even grow a full mustache.” — Elsa Korr
14. “Your mother took me in. She’s kind. She treats me like a person.” — Elsa Korr
15. Elsa Korr: “You know what I am?”
Jojo Betzler: “A Jew?”
Elsa Korr: “Gesundheit.”
16. “You’re not a Nazi, Jojo. You’re a ten-year-old kid who likes dressing up in a funny uniform and wants to be part of a club.” — Elsa Korr
17. Jojo Betzler: “What do you want? Are you a ghost?”
Elsa Korr: “Sure. A ghost.”
18. “Don’t make me run, kid. I’m far too hungry, and you know how much we love the taste of blood.” — Elsa Korr
19. “Go on then, tell them. But do you know what happens if you do? I’ll tell them you helped me, and your mother too. And you’d all be kaput. And if you tell her you know about me, just one word, I’ll do the world a great big favor, and cut your head off.” — Elsa Korr
20. “Perhaps we’re all ghosts now, and we just don’t know it.” — Elsa Korr
21. “Obviously we are demons who love money.” — Elsa Korr
Funny Jojo Rabbit quotes
22. Rosie: “Love is the strongest thing in the world.”
Jojo Betzler: “I think you’ll find that metal is the strongest thing in the world, followed closely by dynamite, and then muscles.”
23. “Did you know Jews can read each other’s minds?” — Jojo Betzler
24. “Today you boys will be involved in such activities as war games, ambush techniques, and blowing stuff up.” — Captain Klenzendorf
25. “You’re growing up too fast. Ten-year-olds shouldn’t be celebrating war and talking politics.” — Rosie
Which of these Jojo Rabbit quotes is your favorite?
The story takes place during the collapse of Nazi Germany in the fictional city of Falkenheim.
Johannes “Jojo” Betzler is a ten-year-old child that joins the Deutsches Jungvolk, the junior section of the Hitler Youth.
He is so indoctrinated with the ideals of Nazi Germany that he creates his imaginary friend, a silly and dunce manifestation of the real Hitler.
He earns the nickname ‘Jojo Rabbit,’ from his training camp instructor, Captain Klenzendorf, after refusing to kill a rabbit to prove he was worthy enough to be in the Hitler Youth.
Jojo gets a pep talk from “Hitler,” and returns to prove himself, by throwing a Stielhandgranate by himself.
It explodes at his feet and leaves him with a limp and a scar.
Klenzendorf is demoted and fights with Jojo’s mother about including her son.
One day alone at home, Jojo makes a shocking discovery.
His family has been hiding Elsa Korr, a teenage Jewish girl behind the walls of his late sister’s attic bedroom.
Jojo is scared and aggressive toward Elsa at first.
He also realizes the dilemma he faces, because if it is revealed that Rosie hid Elsa then all three of them would be executed.
Jojo convinces himself that he can use Elsa to learn intel about the ‘enemy.’
Elsa pushes Jojo to question his beliefs, and he slowly develops a crush on her.
He even forges love letters from her fiancé, Nathan.
More importantly, though, he questions his patriotic beliefs, causing Adolf to scold him.
Jojo’s mother, and his lost father, have been more active in the resistance though and she is discovered for spreading anti-Nazi messaging.
One day Jojo sees his mom hanging from the gallows.
The movie and Jojo’s relationship with Elsa changes and develops from this point!
I won’t tell you how the movie ends, in case you want to go watch it.
The film has won several awards, so you might want to give it a shot if you haven’t seen it.
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