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Duckie admires Andie's outfit.
Duckie: You know, this is a really volcanic ensemble you're wearing. It's really marvelous.
Andie: Volcanic?
Duckie: Well, you know. Hot, dangerous...

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Steff: You know, I've been out with a lot of girls at this school. I don't see what makes you so different.
Andie: I have some taste.

Andie mentions that she might not go to the prom.
Iona: I have this girlfriend who didn't go to hers, and every once in a while, she gets this really terrible feeling--you know, like something is missing. She checks her purse, and then she checks her keys. She counts her kids, she goes crazy, and then she realizes that nothing is missing. She decided it was side effects from skipping the prom.

Iona is on the phone with her boyfriend.
Iona: Every time you go to the john, you lose IQ points. [Noticing that Blane is listening, Iona whispers to him:] It's Walter Mondale.

After the burglar alarm goes off at Trax, Andie finds Duckie in the back room.
Andie: Did you do this?
Duckie: Well, I'm not sure. I mean, I was just using your powder room, and I decided not to disturb you, so I was going to go out the back door. But I guess I must have touched something.
Andie: How'd you get in here?
Duckie: Are you mad?
Andie: Yes, I'm mad. There're public bathrooms all over the place.
Duckie: I'm not nine, Andie. I know that. It's the end of the month. They're out of toilet-seat covers.

Andie seeks a friend's view about rich people.
Andie: Simon, what would you do if your father came home a rich man?
Simon: Kiss his ass.

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Andie: You run yourself down. Why do you do that?
Duckie: I am not running myself down. Do you think I'm running my-- I don't think I'm running myself down. Why? Because of the way I dress? Because I can laugh at myself? It's called a sense of humor. You should get one. They're nice.
Andie: What are we going to do next year?
Duckie: Well, according to you, I'll still be in high school.

Andie prepares to go to the kitchen to get beverages.
Andie: What do you want?
Duckie: Oh, beer, scotch, juice box, whatever.

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Duckie: Hey, drinking and driving don't mix. That's why I ride a bike.

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Jena tells the gym teacher what she said to Benny.
Jena: I said, I hope they shrivel up and fall off.

Duckie is thrown into the girls' bathroom by some fellow students. He looks around:
Duckie: Wait a minute. We don't have none of this stuff in the boys' room. Wait a minute. We don't got none of this. We don't got doors on the stalls in the boys' room. We don't have--what is this? [tampon machine]--we don't have a candy machine in the boys' room. We don't got none of that, none of that.

Duckie: You know what an older woman does to me?
Iona: Changes your diapers?

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Blane is late for their date; Andie nervously touches up her makeup.
Andie: I don't know what I'm doing.
Iona: Wishful makeupping.

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Duckie learns the name of Andie's date.
Duckie: Blane? His name is Blane? That's a major appliance, that's not a name!

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Andie is surprised to find Duckie and Iona at the nightclub.
Andie: How'd he get in here anyway?
Iona: I said he was my kid.
Andie: How come you're here?
Iona: I've been trying to figure that out all night.

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Andie: I don't want you to take me home!
Blane: Okay. Why? What is the problem?
Andie: Because I don't want you to see where I live, okay?

Iona: Talk about lips. I mean, I'm old enough to be his mother, but when the Duck laid that kiss on me, I swear to God, my thighs just went up in flames. He must practice on melons or something.

Iona tells Andie about her prom.
Iona: It was the first and last time I ever looked normal--you know, relatively speaking. It would have been a fairy tale if my date hadn't been the only one at the prom with a wife and two kids.

Blane questions Steff's values.
Blane: Is money all that matters to you?
Steff: Come on, look around you. Would I treat my parents' house like this if money was any kind of issue?

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Andie: If somebody doesn't believe in me, I can't believe in them.

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Andie confronts Blane about the prom.
Andie: Just say it.
Blane: I am not lying.
Andie: Tell me!
Blane: What?
Andie: Tell me!
Blane: What do you want to hear?
Andie: Just tell me!
Blane: What?
Andie: You're ashamed to be seen with me.
Blane: No, I am not.
Andie: You're ashamed to go out with me! You're afraid!

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Steff gives Blane his opinion of Andie.
Steff: The girl was, is, and will always be nada.

Andie sees Iona in a "normal" hairstyle and conservative clothing.
Iona: Laugh, and I'll deck you.
Andie: What happened?
Iona: Either it's all those drugs I took in the '60s, or I am really in love. What do you think? Honestly.
Andie: Honestly, I think you look great.
Iona: Oh, I look like a mother.

Iona waxes enthusiastic about her latest boyfriend.
Iona: He's employed, he's heterosexual. I swear to God, I'm so far ahead of the game, next time you see me I'll probably be picking out china patterns.

Jack learns that Blane backed out on taking Andie to the prom.
Andie: I'm going to go. I'm not sad about it. I'm not hurt. I mean, you know, I am hurt, a little bit. But I know if I don't do it I'll just feel a lot worse. I'm just going to go in. I'll walk in, walk out, and come home. I just want to let them know that they didn't break me.

Andie is surprised to find Duckie waiting for her at the hotel where the prom is being held.
Duckie: I want you to know: Despite my appearance at this function, I remain now, and will always be, a Duckman.

At the prom, following Andie's entrance with Duckie:
Steff: You know, you've got to give her credit, though. I mean, after you dumped her, she certainly went out and found herself what I'd have to say is probably the most interesting date of our generation.
Blane: Steff. You buy everything, Steff. You couldn't buy her, though. That's what's killing you, isn't it? That's it, Steff, she thinks you're shit. And deep down, you know she's right.

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Blane goes to Andie when she arrives at the prom.
Blane: You told me you couldn't believe in somebody who didn't believe in you. I believed in you. I always believed in you. I just didn't believe in me. I love you. [kisses her on the cheek] Always.

After Blane exits the prom, Duckie addresses Andie.
Duckie: He came here alone. Okay, you were right. He's not like the others. If you don't go to him now, I'm never going to take you to another prom ever again, you hear me? I mean, this is an incredibly romantic moment, and you're ruining it for me.