Why Switchblade stole a doll? - Dennis the Menace (1993) Discussion

[–] 19 years ago

[deleted]

[–] wesw-2 19 years ago

It was to show how mean he was that he would steal a little girl's doll.

reply

[–] pizzaboy1479 19 years ago

Also, Margaret mentions that Baby Louisa (the doll) was antique so maybe it could be worth something. Just a thought. And does anyone find it odd that Margaret is holding the doll in her window later on in the movie? How did she get it back?

reply

[–] hakyhiqz 17 years ago

Maybe she got a new one or had another doll

MY WEBSITES
www.poetrypoem.com/author878
www.cookhelper.com/author878

reply

[–] NitroNap 17 years ago

You just can't "new" antique. Maybe the cops got it back from him.

I'm with the monkey that's using the force!

reply

[–] hakyhiqz 17 years ago

He would have got into alot of trouble if they did
A girl wouldn't just have one Doll
I had loads of Dolls when i was younger

MY WEBSITES
www.poetrypoem.com/author878
www.cookhelper.com/author878

reply

[–] hillbrian2005 17 years ago

In the movie book it explains that Swithblade Sam met Dennis, Margaret, and Joey in the treehouse with chocolates, and gave the doll back.

reply

[–] konrad401 14 years ago

He exchanged the doll for a piece of Margaret.

reply

[–] extreme-horror 17 years ago

because it was a antique

reply

[–] ScottLovesIsrael 17 years ago

The doll was a valuable antique that looked to be made sometime around the early 1900s. It was probably very valuable.

reply

[–] BethH24 16 years ago

why did he give the doll back ?

reply

[–] jsn_hylnd 14 years ago

I read somewhere that there was a deleted scene where switchblade sam gave the doll back to margaret so dennis could tell switchblade sam where mr. wilson's house is.

reply

[–] jsn_hylnd 14 years ago

yeah I was just reading the book again and it explains why Sam gave the doll back(Thats where I read it the first time I just couldn't remember exactly what it said) anyway Sam gives the doll back to Margaret in exchange for the address and combination of the safe by Dennis. hence why he was able to open the safe later on in the movie.

reply

[–] Gwasgray 14 years ago

Maybe he thought he could use the doll to smuggle drugs.

reply

[–] csteve67 13 years ago

Sociopath

reply

[–] Jenocalypse 12 years ago

If only he'd have had more toys when he was a kid maybe he wouldn't be Switchblade Sam.

reply

[–] stevenackerman69 12 years ago

To probably sell it somewhere, okay? He certainly wasn't going to play with it like William.

reply

[–] stevenackerman69 10 years ago

He figured he could sell it or something. Also, remember he is a thief and likes to rob people. Remember he also takes the apple from Gunther? Now, yes, he could eat the apple, but still, with the doll, maybe he knew it was worth something.

reply

[–] EightiesKid 10 years ago

^Even if he couldn't sell it, yeah I'm sure Sam was something of a kleptomaniac, just stealing stuff for the thrill of it half the time!

p.s. I've always had Sam envisioned as 1993 Doc Brown from the "Evil Hill Valley" version of Back to the Future II where Biff was corrupt and owned the casino, lol.

reply

[–] watcher101 9 years ago

He was just being a d*ck. He basically got a kick out of making a little girl cry.

reply

[–] thething42011 9 years ago

Margaret points out it's an antique, so there was likely some value to it. How Switchblade knew, or would even care....I have no idea. But it was obviously just to make the audience hate him more.

reply

[–] watcher101 9 years ago

I thought Margret was just being overdramatic calling her doll an "antique". It certainly couldn't have been that hard to get since she had another during her scene when everyone was looking for Dennis.

reply

[–] 9 years ago

[deleted]