If you loved the original Frankenstein novel, we’re sure you’ll find these Young Frankenstein quotes hilarious!
Young Frankenstein is a 1974 parody of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel and its movie adaptations. This movie was directed by Mel Brooks and brought to life by Gene Wilder as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, Marty Feldman as Igor, Madeline Kahn as Elizabeth, and more.
In the 1970s, it was uncommon for movies to still be in black and white. However, to keep true to the original movies the plot was based on, Mel Brooks decided it would be much more authentic if they recreated the past settings.
Young Frankenstein zooms in on Dr. Frederick Frankenstein and his quest to prove that his grandfather’s theories and experiments were not insane. Instead, he believed that there was some truth to it!
So, he tried to continue the experiments and did his best to bring a dead body back to life. He revived The Monster successfully, but it was not without any consequences.
Read on and revisit some of the funniest and most iconic Young Frankenstein quotes. We’ve rounded up our favorites we’re sure you’ll enjoy reading!
And make sure to check out these Freddy Krueger quotes and Spaceballs quotes.
Best Young Frankenstein Quotes
1. “I am not a Frankenstein. I’m a Fronkensteen. Don’t give me that. I don’t believe in fate. And I won’t say it. Alright, you win. You win. I give. I’ll say it. I’ll say it. I’ll say it. Destiny! Destiny! No escaping that for me!” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
2. “For as long as I can remember, people have hated me. They looked at my face, and my body, and they ran away in horror. In my loneliness, I decided that if I could not inspire love, which is my deepest hope. I would instead cause fear. I live because this poor half-crazed genius has given me life. He alone held an image of me as something beautiful, and then, when it would have been easy enough to stay out of danger, he used his own body as a guinea pig to give me a calmer brain and a somewhat more sophisticated way of expressing myself.” – The Monster
3. “No. No. Be of good cheer. If science teaches us anything, it teaches us to accept our failures, as well as our successes, with quiet dignity and grace.” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
4. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “‘As the minuteness of the parts formed a great hinderance to my speed, I resolved therefore to make a being of a gigantic stature.’ Of course. That would simplify everything.”
Inga: “In other vords, his veins, his feet, his hands, his organs vould all have to be increased in size.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Exactly.”
Inga: “He vould have an enormous schwanzstucker.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “That goes without saying.”
Inga: “Voof.”
Igor: “He’s going to be very popular.”
5. “Alive! It’s alive! It’s alive!” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
6. Igor: “Dr. Frankenstein—.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Fronkensteen.”
Igor: “You’re putting me on—.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “No, it’s pronounced, ‘Fronkensteen.’”
Igor: “Do you also say, ‘Froaderick?’”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “No. ‘Frederick.’”
Igor: “Well, why isn’t it ‘Froaderick Fronkensteen?’”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “It isn’t; it’s ‘Frederick Fronkensteen.’”
Igor: “I see.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “You must be Igor.”
Igor: “No, it’s pronounced, ‘eye-gor.’”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “But they told me it was ‘ee-gor.’”
Igor: “Well, they were wrong then, weren’t they?”
7. “Love is the only thing that can save this poor creature, and I am going to convince him that he is loved even at the cost of my own life. No matter what you hear in there, no matter how cruelly I beg you, no matter how terribly I may scream, do not open this door, or you will undo everything I have worked for. Do you understand? Do not open this door.” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
8. “You know, there’s something I’ve been meaning to ask you. In the transference, the monster got part of your wonderful brain. But what did you ever get from him? Oh my goodness, I don’t believe—oh, sweet mystery of life, at last, I’ve found you!” – Inga
Iconic Quotes From Young Frankenstein
9. “Wait. Where are you going? I was going to make Espresso.” – The Blind Man
10. Igor: “What is this?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Schwartzwalder Kirschtorte.”
The Monster: “Mmmmm!”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Oh, do you like it? I’m not partial to desserts myself, but this is excellent.”
Igor: “Who are you talking to?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “To you. You just made a yummy sound, so I thought you liked the dessert.”
11. “You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic mind. Dead is dead!” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
12. “Oh. Where are you going? Oh, you men are all alike. Seven or eight quick ones, and then you’re out with the boys to boast and brag. You better keep your mouth shut! Oh—I think I love him.” – Elizabeth
13. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “I am a scientist, not a philosopher! You have more chance of reanimating this scalpel than you have of mending a broken nervous system!”
Medical Student: “But what about your grandfather’s work, sir?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “My grandfather’s work was doodoo! I am not interested in death! The only thing that concerns me is the preservation of life!”
14. “Hello, handsome. You’re a good-looking fellow, do you know that? People laugh at you, people hate you, but why do they hate you? Because they are jealous. Look at that boyish face. Look at that sweet smile. Do you wanna talk about physical strength? Do you want to talk about sheer muscle? Do you want to talk about the Olympian ideal? You are a god. And listen to me, you are not evil. You. Are. Good. This is a nice boy. This is a good boy. This is a mother’s angel. And I want the world to know once and for all, and without any shame, that we love him. I’m going to teach you. I’m going to show you how to walk, how to speak, how to move, how to think. Together, you and I are going to make the greatest single contribution to science since the creation of fire.” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein Quotes for Fans of Igor and Inga
15. “Hallo. Vould you like to have a roll in ze hay? It’s fun. Roll, roll, roll in ze hay.” – Inga
16. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “You know, I’m a rather brilliant surgeon. Perhaps I can help you with that hump.”
Igor: “What hump?”
17. “Wait, Master, it might be dangerous. You go first.” – Igor
18. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Damn your eyes.”
Igor: “Too late.”
19. Igor: “You know, I’ll never forget my old dad. When these things would happen to him, the things he’d say to me.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “What did he say?”
Igor: “What the hell are you doing in the bathroom day and night? Why don’t you get out of there and give someone else a chance?”
20. “My grandfather used to work for your grandfather. Of course, the rates have gone up.” – Igor
Young Frankenstein Quotes to Give You the Creeps
21. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Igor, help me with the bags.”
Igor: “Soitenly. You take the blonde, I’ll take the one in the toiben.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “I was talking about the luggage.”
22. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Now that brain that you gave me. Was it Hans Delbruck’s?”
Igor: “No.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Ah! Very good. Would you mind telling me whose brain I did put in?”
Igor: “Then you won’t be angry?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “I will not be angry.”
Igor: “Abby someone.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Abby someone. Abby who?”
Igor: “Abby normal.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Abby Normal?”
Igor: “I’m almost sure that was the name.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Are you saying that I put an abnormal brain into a seven-and-a-half foot long, fifty-four-inch wide gorilla? Is that what you’re telling me?”
23. “Let me out. Let me out of here. Get me the hell out of here. What’s the matter with you people? I was joking! Don’t you know a joke when you hear one? Ha ha ha ha. Jesus Christ, get me out of here! Open this goddamn door, or I’ll kick your rotten heads in! Mommy!” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
24. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “That music—.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes. It’s in your blood. It’s in the blood of all Frankensteins. It reaches the soul when words are useless. Your grandfather used to play it to the creature he vas making.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Then it was you all the time.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “You played that music in the middle of the night—.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “To get us to the laboratory.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “That was your cigar smoldering in the ashtray.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “And it was you who left my grandfather’s book out for me to find.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “So that I would—.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Then you and Victor were—.”
Frau Blücher: “Yes. Yes. Say it. He vas my boyfriend!”
25. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Son of a bitch! Bastard! I’ll get you for this! What did you do to me? What did you do to me?”
Inga: “Stop it! Stop that! Stop it! You’ll kill him!”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “I don’t want to live. I do not want to live.”
Igor: “Quiet dignity and grace.”
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26. “From that fateful day when stinking bits of slime first crawled from the sea and shouted to the cold stars, ‘I am man!’ Our greatest dread has always been the knowledge of our mortality. But tonight, we shall hurl the gauntlet of science into the frightful face of death itself. Tonight, we shall ascend into the heavens. We shall mock the earthquake. We shall command the thunders, and penetrate into the very womb of impervious nature herself.” – Dr. Frederick Frankenstein
27. Frau Blücher: “Would the doctor care for a brandy before retiring?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “No. Thank you.”
Frau Blücher: “Some varm milk, perhaps?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “No, thank you very much. No thanks.”
Frau Blücher: “Ovaltine?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Nothing! Thank you! I’m a little tired!”
Frau Blücher: “Then I vill say goodnight, Herr Doctor.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Goodnight, Frau Blücher.”
28. Inga: “Werewolf!”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Werewolf?”
Igor: “There.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “What?”
Igor: “There, wolf. There, castle.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Why are you talking that way?”
Igor: “I thought you wanted to.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “No, I don’t want to.”
Igor: “Suit yourself. I’m easy.”
29. Inga: “You haven’t even touched your food.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “There. Now I’ve touched it. Happy?”
30. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Well, dear, are you ready?”
Inga: “Yes, Doctor.”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Elevate me.”
Inga: “Now? Right here?”
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein: “Yes, yes, raise the platform.”
Inga: “Oh. Ze platform. Oh, zat, yah, yah. Yes.”
When Is Science Dangerous to Humanity?
Ever since time immemorial, we have turned to science to advance the human race. Everything from the water we drink to the food we eat and the clothes we wear is a product of science!
Science is undoubtedly helpful—and even vital—for our survival; thanks to scientists’ experiments, we can continuously evolve for the better. However, as the saying goes, too much of anything could be harmful.
In Young Frankenstein, science was coupled with greed. Dr. Frederick Frankenstein wanted to prove, in any and every way, that his grandfather was not crazy.
His desire and pride made him dabble in life and death. This is where everything started to go wrong.
After all, death is an inescapable part of life. If we try to stop that from happening—or if we try to turn back time to bring something dead back to life like what Dr. Frederick Frankenstein did—we’ll be messing up the natural cycle of life.
Like with everything else, there will always be a danger to technological advancements, so it’s the scientists’ job to have foresight and consideration for them. Remember the lessons you’ve learned from these Young Frankenstein quotes, and always be cautious—no matter what you do!
