How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from Up.
Quote #1
MUNTZ: Adventure is out there!
That’s an exciting thing for a kid like young Carl to hear. Sure, it’s out there, but it’s also in there. You know, in your heart.
Quote #2
NEWSREEL ANNOUNCER: The organization strips Muntz of his membership. Humiliated, Muntz vows a return to Paradise Falls and promises to capture the beast alive!
MUNTZ: I promise to capture the beast alive, and I will not come back until I do!
For Muntz, being an explorer is his whole identity. That’s why he vows not to return to civilization until he nabs his creature. If he knew that all he had to do to be a super-explorer was investigate his own life, he could avoid that whole living in dusty airship with a bunch of dogs and slowly going mad.