Did the Kids in Polar Express Ever Meet Again

"Hey! Hey, y'all! Yes, yous! Practise you know what kind of train this is?"
— Know-It-All get-go meeting Hero Boy.

The Know-It-All, is one of the children onboard the Polar Express. He is talkative and he seems smart at first, but it is soon apparent that he just wants to be smart and needs to learn more.

Contents

• i Role in the film
  • 1.ane Journey to the North Pole
  • 1.ii At the North Pole
  • 1.iii Return trip
• 2 Other appearances
  • 2.one The Polar Express: The Video Game
• 3 Behind the scenes
• 4 In other languages
• v Trivia
• half-dozen Quotes
• vii Gallery
• 8 References

Role in the moving-picture show

Journey to the North Pole

Hero Boy showtime meets Know-It-All on the train right after he takes a seat. Know-It-All asks Hero Male child almost what kind of railroad train they are on, leaving him dislocated. Hero Girl joins in proverb information technology is a magic railroad train that goes to the North Pole. Know-It-All proceeds to give a detailed description of the locomotive earlier noticing Herpolsheimer's outside and calls out to the other children to come and run across it. The store features a Christmas display with a pile of presents, to which Know-It-All exclaims, "I want all of them!"

When the Conductor punches the children'south tickets, he puts "LE" on the i from Know-It-All, who claims the Conductor is a bear witness-off with how he punches tickets and wonders what the letters mean. Hero Daughter would subsequently get the aforementioned letters. He is surprised when they finish at Billy's house, as he thought Hero Boy was the last rider. Billy turns the trip down, but changes his heed and runs subsequently the train as information technology leaves. Yet, since he has trouble getting on, Know-It-All suggests Hero Boy should pull the emergency brake, which stops the railroad train and allows Billy on board. When an aroused Conductor storms in, Know-It-All tattles on Hero Boy, even though it was his idea.

When Hero Girl goes to give Baton hot chocolate, Know-It-All and Hero Boy try to persuade her out of information technology with the former saying it is against railroad regulations for children to cantankerous moving cars without an developed, but the Conductor shows up to assist her. Know-It-All then warns Hero Boy when he leaves to give Hero Girl her ticket back. Subsequently, the Usher comes to dial Hero Daughter's ticket, simply when she cannot find it, he takes her to the back of the train. Know-It-All says she might go thrown off the train and they might slow down for her, but not fully stop, giving Hero Boy the idea to end the train again. However, before doing so, he finds the ticket on the air vent above the brake, then he grabs it and goes after Hero Girl and the Conductor.

Later the train passes through Glacier Gulch and the Ice Lake, Hero Boy, Hero Girl, and the Conductor return to the rider cars. Know-It-All tries explaining the events to Hero Boy, challenge the train could not accept been on the ice and it appearing that way was just an optical illusion. An uninterested Hero Boy heads to the observation car without saying anything.

At the Due north Pole

The train arrives at the North Pole and the Usher tells the children about the first gift of Christmas, to which Know-It-All asks who volition receive it. At the Due north Pole Square, the Conductor mentions it existence v minutes to midnight and Know-It-All says it has been and then for the by four minutes. He watches Hero Boy and Hero Girl going back to get Billy.

In the bag of gifts, the other children find Know-Information technology-All in the bag with them subsequently he pulls on Billy's leg, likely thinking it was a present. He says he wanted make sure he is getting everything on his list, only only found 1 present with "a bunch of stupid underwear." Before long, they go far at the Square and Hero Daughter notices the time is still 11:55. Know-It-All claims they will non be tardily since the fourth dimension has non changed for the past hour. The bag is landed on Santa'southward sleigh and the elves go to rescue the children. Know-It-All tries to announced innocent by saying he was only following the others.

When Santa Claus arrives at the Foursquare and speaks to the children, Know-It-All impatiently asks Santa to choice him equally the one to receive the first gift with Hero Girl trying to make him acquit, but he does not terminate until Santa tells him to exist patient and show a bit of humility. Know-It-All likewise watches Hero Boy receiving the start gift and Santa Claus flying away in his sleigh.

Return trip

Before boarding the railroad train for the ride home, his ticket is punched again. He looks at it and reads "LEAN," though is unaware that his fingers is roofing a letter and that it really says "Acquire." The Conductor tries explaining Know-It-All's mistake, which makes him angry at him for supposedly making him look dumb, but when he takes a 2d expect and sees the R, he apologizes and gets on the train. Like the other children, he asks to meet Hero Boy'south argent bell and feels distressing for him for losing it.

Know-It-All sits side by side to Billy during the trip. Before Baton gets off the train, Know-It-All asks where he is going and Billy explains that the train has stopped at his house. He as well says goodbye to Hero Boy before he gets off the train, still feeling sorry about the bong. He points out, "It'southward the thought that counts."

Other appearances

The Polar Express: The Video Game

Know-Information technology-All is one of the children whom Hero Male child helps detect their ticket, which was stolen by Scrooge. Beforehand, he brags about how he never loses his ticket before realizing it is gone. His ticket was in the dining auto and Hero Boy had to win a nutrient fight against Scrooge's friends to go it back. When Know-It-All sees the mess, he tells Hero Boy information technology is against railroad regulations to throw objects inside train cars, but happily thanks him for finding his ticket anyway and advises him to exit before the cook sees the mess. When Hero Boy returns from helping the children, he advises everyone to have their seats since regulations foreclose blocking fire exits, which annoys Hero Girl. Next, he is one of the children cheering Hero Boy during the last battle with Scrooge.

Later, he appears on board the zeppelin with Hero Male child, Hero Daughter, and Billy. Like in the moving-picture show, he tries to act innocent past telling the captain he was only post-obit the others. When the captain asks for their help, Know-Information technology-All asks if it volition brand him the start to run into Santa, which annoys the other children. After Hero Male child returns from driving the zeppelin, Know-It-All complains virtually how bumpy the ride was.

Behind the scenes

Know-It-All is 1 of many characters from the film whom did non come from the book. The design on his pajamas was meant to reverberate space exploration from the 1950'due south.^[one]

Like most human characters, Know-It-All's blitheness was done through movement-capture, which was more often than not provided by Eddie Deezen with additional move-capture done by Jimmy Pinchak, though some keyframe animation was done to perfect his movements.^[two] For example, whenever he ran, Deezen's developed-sized motion-capture turned out besides tiresome for a child and was sped up by almost 12%.^[3]

In other languages

Linguistic communication	Name	Phonation actor(s)
Chinese	萬事通	劉傑
Finnish	Tietä-sen-kaikki	Petri Hanttu
French	Je-Sais-Tout	Laurent Lévy
High german	Der Besserwisser	Hannes Maurer
Hebrew	הידען	Ido Mosseri
Hungarian	Okoska	Balázs Sánta
Italian	Saputello	Leonardo Graziano
Japanese	知ったかぶりっ子	Tanaka Kyohei
Korean	잘난 척하는 아이	Um Sang-hyun
Polish	Mądrala	Rafał Kołsut
Portuguese	Rapaz Sabe-Tudo	André Maia (Portugal)
Romanian	Know-it-All	Paul Zurbău
Russian	Mal'čik v Žëltom Kostjume i Očkah	Dmitriy Cherevatenko
Spanish	Niño Sabiondo	Héctor Emmanuel Gómez (Latin America) Masumi Mutsuda (Spain)
Swedish	Besserwisser	Adam Giertz

Trivia

• While Know-It-All does non appear in the book, one illustration shows a similar-looking male child with glasses and a yellow shirt. As well, Know-It-All quotes a line from the volume originally said by the children collectively asking the Conductor who receives the first gift of Christmas.
• Know-It-All says the train is a Baldwin two-eight-four S3-class Berkshire blazon steam locomotive congenital at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1931 and weighs 456,100 pounds. The Baldwin Locomotive Works built 35 locomotives of the S3-course for the Erie Railroad, but they were built in 1928 and weighed 457,500 pounds.
  • In comparison to Pere Marquette 1225, the railroad train's ground for both the book and the film, the wheel arrangement is the same, but it weighs 442,500 and is a fellow member of the N1 grade built at the Lima Locomotive Works in 1941.^{[4] [5]}
• The Know-It-All'due south shirt could date the film to 1958 or 1959, as information technology says "Jupiter-Explorer". This refers to NASA's Explorer plan, and the rocket that launched the early Explorer satellites, Jupiter-C.
• Know-It-All is the only main child grapheme in the film to not take their name revealed in whatever known Polar Express media.

Quotes

• "Yeah, I know it's a magic train. Actually, information technology's a Baldwin 2-viii-iv S3-class Berkshire type steam locomotive built in 1931 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works. It weighs 456,100 pounds and has a tractive strength of 3,450 pounds. Its height speed is..."
• "Hey, expect, everybody! Herpolsheimer's! Herpolsheimer'southward!"
• Wow! Wait at all those presents. I want all of them.
• "Male child, that guy sure likes to show off with his ticket punch. Expect what that wise guy punched on my ticket. '50-Due east.' What the heck does that mean?"
• "Ah, it's but some other pick-up. That's weird. I idea yous were supposed to be the last one."
• "He did!"
• "Yous know, Montezuma, the king of the Aztecs would drink 50 quarts of hot chocolate every day. It was thick as mud and carmine. He put chili pepper in instead of saccharide. Get it? Hot chocolate?"
• "Yes it's confronting railroad violation to cross moving cars without a grown up."
• "Hey where are y'all going? You're goanna get the states all in trouble!"
• "You know what'due south goanna happen now don't ya, he's goanna throw her off the train! Yep he's probably goanna throw her right off the rear platform. It'south standard procedure, that style she won't get sucked down under the wheels. They may slow the train down a niggling bit but they're never goanna stop it."
• "No please don't do that again!"
• "Hey, you missed it. Nosotros rode downwards some really abrupt hills. And then, we were on what looked like a frozen lake. Simply I know information technology was just an optical illusion caused by moonlight atmosphere. He said the train was actually on the water ice, but I said it was impossible because you tin't put a train track... Hey, where you going at present?"
• "Who gets the outset gift of Christmas?"
• "Hey, what gives? Information technology was five minutes to midnight iv minutes ago!"
• "Aforementioned every bit y'all, I'm checking out my Christmas presents. I want to brand sure I've got everything on my list. All I got was 1 present and all I had was a bunch of stupid underwear!"
• "I was just post-obit them."
• "Hey! Ow!"
• "Pick me! Pick me! I want the first gift! I want the offset souvenir!"
• "'LEAN'? Whatever that'south supposed to hateful?"
• "Hey, are you saying I don't know how to...?! Oh. I'm sorry. It says 'Learn'. My mistake."
• "Aye let'south come across the bell."
• "Gee that's really too bad. Really."
• "Hey where y'all going?"
• "Well you know what they say, it's a idea that counts."
• "Well, see ya."

Gallery

Know-It-All in The Polar Limited: The Video Game

References

1. ↑ Cotta Vaz, Mark. Starkey, Steve. (November 4, 2004) The Art of the Polar Express, Chronicle Books. p. 35. ISBN 978-0811846592.
2. ↑ Schaub, David (November 23, 2004). "'The Polar Express' Diary: Office i -- Testing and Prepping". Animation World Network.
3. ↑ Schaub, David (February 22, 2005). "'The Polar Express' Diary: Office 3 -- The MoCap/Anim Process". Animation World Network.
4. ↑ "Erie two-8-4 "Berkshire" Locomotives of the USA". Steam Locomotive dot Com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016.
5. ↑ "2-8-4 "Berkshire" Locomotives in the USA". Steam Locomotive dot Com. Annal from the original on June 8, 2017.

Characters
Children	Hero Boy (Chris) • Hero Girl (Holly) • Know-It-All • Billy the Lonely Boy • Sister Sarah • Gus the Toothless Boy • Boy on Train • Blonde Girl (Heather) • Trivial Male child • Young Male child • Steven • Unnamed Kids
Adults	Conductor • Hobo • Smokey and Steamer • Santa Claus • Pastry Chefs • Waiters • Hero Boy's parents
Elves	Elves • Acrobatic Elves • Elf General • Elf Lieutenant • Elf Vocalizer
Animals	Caribou • Santa Claus' reindeer • Wolves • Other animals
Toys	Ebenezer Scrooge boob • Scrooge's friends

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