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Billy: [drunk] Man, why did I have so many drinks? I can't remember! What's today? Frank: October? Billy: [realizes] It's Nudie Magazine Day!!

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Frank: Hey Billy, who would you rather bone? Meg Ryan or Jack Nicholson? Billy: Jack Nicholson now or 1974? Frank: '74. Billy: Meg Ryan.

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Brian: [to himself] Oh Billy, Billy boy, when are you going to find whatever it is you're lookin' for? Billy: Here's a nice piece of shit! Old man Clements hates shit! He's gonna freak, when he realizes it's shit! [goes up to the front porch of the Clements house, puts the bag down, lights it on fire, rings the doorbell, and hides behind the bushes with Jack and Frank] Oh my God, Old Man Clements hates shit! [chuckles] Frank: Shh, here he comes. [snickering] Old Man Ted Clements: [from inside] Who the hell is it? What do you want? [emerges, and sees the flaming bag] Judas Priest, Barbara! It's one of those flaming bags again! Old Woman Barbara Clements: [offscreen] Don't put it out with your boots, Ted! Old Man Ted Clements: Don't tell me my business, devil woman! Call the fire department; this one's out of control! [stamps out flaming bag, but steps on something. He lifts up his boot and smells; he realizes it's poop] Yuck! It's POOP again! Jack: He called the shit "poop"! Frank: Oh,

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Brian: You were brought up with every advantage, I bought you everything. Toys, cars, vacations, clothes... Billy: Actually I, uh, stole this shirt from Frank. [lifts his shirt to show "FRANK" written on the inside] Brian: Yea, well whatever, it's all my fault. I made a mistake. [looks up to see Billy lifting his shirt] What? Are you some damned moron?

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Brian: Billy, it wasn't just high school. Do you remember that spelling bee you won in the 1st grade? Billy: Oh, no you didn't. Brian: Rock...R-O-K. Billy: Yeah, so what's your point? Brian: R-O-C-K! Billy: The 'C' is silent, ha-ha!

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Billy: Okay, alright...Alright, you got it. First Grade through Twelfth Grade all over again. I'll do each grade in two weeks, take the test, re-graduate, prove to you I'm not an idiot, and then I get to take over Madison Hotels. Brian: That's some idea. You just think of that? Billy: Yeah, I did. It's pretty good, huh? Eric: Brian, don't you think the future of Madison Hotels and its sixty one thousand employees is too important to gamble on a game like this? Brian: No. [to Billy] You're on.

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Scotty: Mortal Kombat on the Sega Genesis is the best video game ever. Billy: I disagree. It's a very good game, but I think Donkey Kong is the best video game ever. Scotty: Donkey Kong sucks! Billy: You know somethin'? YOU SUCK!

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Billy: H-Hey! Look at all this milk! You want some of this milk? Veronica: That milk belongs to that classroom. Billy: Oh, they don't gots to know about it. It could be our milk. Veronica: No milk will ever be our milk. [leaves] Billy: Ooh, that wasn't very nice. [to the janitor] How 'bout you, Sideburns? You want some of this milk? Janitor: I'd rather have a beer.

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Billy: I drew the duck blue because I've never seen a blue duck before, and to be honest with you, I wanted to see a blue duck. Miss Lippy: [amazed] Well, I think it's an excellent blue duck. Congratulations Billy, you just passed the first grade! Billy: [surprised] Wow, Miss Lippy, that's great! What do you think of that Mr. Blue Duck? [as Mr. Blue Duck] That's quacktastic! Quack, quack, quack!

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Frank: Well, this is great! When I graduated 1st grade all my dad did was tell me to get a job! Hey, you wanna feed that donkey some beer? Get it all messed up? Billy: Maybe later. Frank: I'll go put some beer in a bucket. Billy: Okay.

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Teacher: Spell "couch". Little girl: Couch. C-O-W... Billy: No! Teacher: [to the little girl] No, I'm sorry, that's not right. [to Billy] Well, Billy, if you spell this correctly you pass second grade. Billy: Couch. C-O-R, uh, are you going to the mall today? Teacher: No I'm not goin to the mall, keep spelling, mister. Billy: C-O-U-C-H! Teacher: [smiles] Correct! Billy: I AM THE SMARTEST MAN ALIVE!

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Veronica: Good morning, class. Third Grade Class: Good morning, Miss Vaughan. Veronica: We're going to start today by reading together a short story entitled "My Sister Fanny". [the class laughs] Quiet. So let's all open our "Reading Is Fun" books to page sixty nine. Billy: Sixty nine! [laughs]

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Dan: [stuttering while reading] Wa-wa-wa-once th-th-th-there wa-wa-wa-was a-a-a-a g-g-girl...who wa-a-an- Billy: Pffft! Kid can't even read. Ernie: Cut it out dude, you're gonna get us in trouble. Dan: An air-air-air-p-p-p-p-plane f-f-flying t-t-t... Billy: [mock stuttering] T-T-T-Today, Junior! Ha-ha-ha! [Veronica sends him out of the classroom, the kids laugh; overreacting dramatically] OW! YOU'RE TEARING MY EAR OFF! Veronica: [angrily] Making fun of a little kid trying to read! Are you psycho? Do you not have a soul? Billy: I'm sorry I can't hear you, I've been physically abused in the ear. Veronica: You keep your mouth shut for the next two weeks or I'm gonna fail you. End of story. [leaves] Billy: I see your lips moving, but I can't make out the words. I'm deaf! Ohh, Veronica Vaughn. Soooo hot! Want to touch the hiney! [howls]

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Billy: Bunt. B-U-N-T, in perfect cursive. Any more brain busters? Veronica: "Rizzuto"? [Billy ponders, then writes] "Rirruto"? Billy: Those're Z's. Veronica: They look like R's to me. Billy: That's not fair! Rizzuto's not a word! He's a baseball player! You're cheating! Veronica: ...Then would you like to try the word "buzz"? Billy: [sulking] I hate cursive and I hate all of you! I'm never coming back to school, NEVER! [runs off]

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Billy: I swear to God I'm sick. I can't go to school. Juanita: If you're gonna stay home today, you can help me shave my armpits! [laughs] Billy: [disgusted] Oh, my God! I'll go to school!

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Lunch Lady: Have some more Sloppy Joes. I made 'em EXTRA sloppy for yous! Ha, ha, ha! I know how yous kids like 'em sloppy! [laughs evilly] Billy: Lady, you're scarin' us!

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Dan: Hey, I dare you to throw your sandwich at the bus driver. Do it. Come on. Bus Driver: HEY! Veronica: Hey, who threw that? Bus Driver: I'll turn this damn bus around! That'll end your precious little field trip pretty damn quick, huh?! You little shit! [quivers lips up and down while face gets red]

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Billy: Hey I'm trying to score points with the teacher today. DON'T SCREW IT UP. Dan: I dare you to touch her boobs. Billy: Touch her boobs? That's assault brotha. You double dare me? [walks down the bus to Veronica] Uhhh Miss Vaughn, I was wondering how long there's to get there, I need to go to the bathroom. Veronica: Not too long now... Billy: [pretends to fall on her, while groping her] Oh, I'm sorry! Damn bus driver drives like an animal! Veronica: That's alright, Billy, why don't you go back and sit now? [smiling] I double dare you. Billy: [stuttering] That...tit...accident... Veronica: Go back to your seat now. Billy: ...I...Yes... [looking embarrassed now]

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Veronica: Who would steal 30 bagged lunches? Old Lady: I'll tell you who took those lunches. That damn Sasquatch!

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Billy: [to Ernie] You fallin' in love with the wall or somethin? Ernie: [turns around] I had an accident. Billy: An accident? What's that mean? [notices Ernie wet his pants] GYOO!!!!

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3rd Grader: Hey, look everybody! Billy peed his pants! Billy: Of course I peed my pants! Everybody my age pees their pants; it's the coolest! 3rd Grader: Really? Billy: YES! You ain't cool, unless you pee your pants. 3rd Grader: Hey, look! Ernie peed his pants, too. All right! Old Lady: If peeing your pants is cool, consider me Miles Davis. Billy: Oh! That was the grossest thing I've ever heard in my life! LET'S GO!!!

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Bus Driver: Get on the bus here. Move it. Get up there. Kyle. 1, 2, 5, 7. Move it or lose it. Get on the bu-s Hi, Ms. Vaughn. Nice to see ya. [stops Billy] That Veronica Vaughn is one piece of ass. I know from experience, dude, if you know what I mean. Billy: No, you don't. Bus Driver: Well, not me personally, but a guy I know...him and her got it on! Whoooooo-eeeeee! Billy: No, they didn't. Bus Driver: No, no, no they didn't. But you could imagine what it'd be like if they did, right? Huh? Huh? [Billy gets on the bus] Everybody on? Good. Great! Grand! Wonderful! [closes the door, yelling]: NO YELLING ON THE BUS!

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Veronica: So it's um, the last day of third grade, and you have the teacher alone in your tent, what do you want to do? Billy: Well I can think of three things I'd like to do. One would involve some ice cubes and a nine iron. Two would include a buffalo... Veronica: Really? Billy: ...Live or stuffed, preferably stuffed for safety sake, and three, we bring back some of those ice cubes and switch it over to a pitching wedge.

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Principal Anderson: [soaking wet] Hey, can you tell me where the bathroom is? Eric: Yeah, down the hall, to your right. Principal Anderson: Thanks. [about to go to the bathroom] Eric: Hey, tubby, how about a little bathroom reading? [shows him a magazine with a cover of the younger Max dressed in a wrestling outfit] I have the August 1983 issue of Wrestling World here. There's a terrific article about a wrestler named the Revolting Blob. Gee, you know somethin'? He kinda looks like someone I know. Principal Anderson: Where'd you get that? Eric: I have a subscription. Bad guy. He threw one opponent out of the ring and hit a bunch of senior citizens. Boy, this wacko looks familiar. Principal Anderson: What do I care about some stupid phony wrestling guy? Eric: My God! In June 1983 he sat on some guy's head and killed him. Principal Anderson: [bursting into tears] It was just a stunt! He was supposed to pinch my leg if he was running short of air. Eric: With this guy sitting on everyone's

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Ernie: How's high school Billy? Billy: [lying with a fake smile] High school is great. I mean I'm learning a lot. And all the kids are treating me very nice. It's great. Dan: Gee, I can't wait till I get to "hike" school. Billy: [whispers] Don't you say that. Don't you ever say that. Stay here. Stay here as long as you can. [grabs Dan's face and shakes him violently] For the love of God, cherish it. You have to cherish it.

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Danny: [on the phone] Hello? Billy: Hello? Is this Danny? Danny McGrath? Danny: Yeah. Billy: The Danny McGrath who graduated from Knibb High School in 1984? Danny: Yeah, who's this? Billy: Umm...this is Billy Madison. You probably don't remember me but I went to high school with you. And I, um, kinda gave you a hard time back then, and, uh, I did some things I thought were funny at the time, and realized they were just mean and stupid. And I just called to apologize and hope you forgive me. Danny: [nonchalant] Yeah, sure. Don't worry about it, it's no problem. Billy: Wow, that's great! Well, I am sorry, and maybe we can get together sometime and have some coffee. Danny: Yeah, sure. I'd like that. Billy: [relieved] Okay, great! I'll see you around. Danny: Okay. Bye. [hangs up, reaches down, grabs a marker and uses it to cross Billy's name off of a list on his wall titled, "PEOPLE TO KILL". Once done, he puts on a large amount of bright red lipstick, sighs in relief and sits back to list

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Veronica: [angrily to Billy] You know some people have no will power, no ambition. They just drift through life like lumps of crap! Jack: [to Frank] What is she talkin' about?

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Principal Anderson: [on TV] The statement I made about Billy Madison was, and is, completely untrue. Eric: No. Principal Anderson: I know now that I shall never escape my fate as the Revolting Blob. Eric: No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! [angrily throws a stapler, and it hits his secretary, accidentally knocking her out] Principal Anderson: It's something I must learn to live with. Eric: [realizing what he did] Joyce? Brian: [livid about the set-up] What a mess. First, this psycho goes on TV, lies, then retracts it, and now Eric's secretary is in a coma. Carl, has anyone been able to find out anything about this Max guy? Carl: No, sir. He's vanished. Nobody has any idea where he is. Eric: [to Brian] I believed in Billy all along. Billy: [to Eric] Oh, cut the horseshit! I know you blackmailed Max. Brian: Take it easy, Billy. [to Eric] Things were going along great, until this wrestling freak messed things up. Billy should get another shot at high school. Eric: Hey, rules are rules. Billy was

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12th grade O'Doyle: [after stuffing Billy's locker with manure] O'Doyle rules! Billy: [threateningly] O'Doyle, I got a feeling your whole family's going down. [cheerfully] But for now, I gotta study.

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Veronica: Norman invasion of England. Billy: 1066. Veronica: That is correct. [slowly taking her sweater off] The Magna Carta. Billy: 1215. Veronica: Yes. [slowly taking her blouse off] Spanish Armada. Billy: 1466. [Veronica stops herself] '67. 1469. 1514. 1981? 1986? [Veronica dresses herself again] Please do not do that. Come on, I swear...Just hang in there one second. Please, God, give me the answer!

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Billy: Spanish Armada...1588! Bus Driver: [smiles] That is correct. [takes off his shirt, leaving him shirtless while wearing a tie, much to Billy's chargin]

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[chanting excitedly] O'Doyle rules! O'Doyle rules! O'Doyle rules! O'Doyle rules! [their car slips on the banana peal that the bus driver had threw away months prior] O'Doyle rules! O'Doyle rules! [they drive off the cliff; last words] O'Doyle rules! O'Doyle rules!

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Knibb High Principal: Mr. Madison, the Industrial Revolution changed the face of the modern novel forever. Discuss, citing specific examples. Billy: [clears his throat several times] Uh...Okay. The Industrial Revolution to me is just like a story I know called "The Puppy Who Lost His Way." The world was changing, and the puppy was getting...bigger. [later] So, you see, the puppy was like industry. In that, they were both lost in the woods. And nobody, especially the little boy - "society" - knew where to find 'em. Except that the puppy was a dog. But the industry, my friends, that was a revolution. [long pause] Knibb High football rules! Knibb High Principal: Mr. Madison, what you've just said was one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have merc

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Anyways, um, this hotel stuff really isn't for me, so I've decided to step down as chairman of Madison Hotels...and give the company to Carl.

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[to Billy] You think he's horny? Come here. [they kiss]