History Awesome / Fillmore

-> '''Winston Cotter:''' You haven't won, Fillmore. I still have the printing press. I still have the place. You and your partner can't stop me by yourselves.

* While visiting Randal the Vandal in detention, Ingrid and Fillmore are asked to surrender any writing utensils. [[DoubleStandard The guard gets pushy with Ingrid asking if she has any lipstick or eyeliner.]] Clearly upset [[BigBrotherInstinct at seeing his partner being badgered unfairly]], Fillmore, deciding to mess with the guard a bit, tells him he doesn't have any eyeliner or lipstick either, thanks for asking. Also overlaps with CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.

* While visiting Randal the Vandal in detention, Ingrid and Fillmore are asked to surrender any writing utensils. [[DoubleStandard The guard gets pushy with Ingrid asking if she has any lipstick or eyeliner.]] Clearly upset [[BigBrotherInstinct at seeing his partner being badgered unfairly]], Fillmore, deciding to mess with the guard a bit, tells him he doesn't have any eyeliner or lipstick either, thanks for asking.

--> '''Tori:''' Just...a book?! Too bad '''some'' people don't know their '''own''' characters well enough to know that they don't end up dating their '''sworn genetic enemies'''. You know, some people would say that this whole thing happened because Terri promised her cousin she wouldn't tell me about the book or because TQ promised he wouldn't rat Terri out. But I say it happened because you didn't know how to keep '''your''' promise to your '''fans.''' That's what a book is Madam, a promise. Try keeping it next time.

--> '''Tori:''' Just...a book?! Too bad some people don't know their '''own''' characters well enough to know that they don't end up dating their '''sworn genetic enemies'''. You know, some people would say that this whole thing happened because Terri promised her cousin she wouldn't tell me about the book or because TQ promised he wouldn't rat Terri out. But I say it happened because you wouldn't you didn't know how to keep '''your''' promise to your '''fans.''' That's what a book is Madam, a promise. Try keeping it next time.

* Fillmore's BatmanGambit to find the culprit-after getting O'Farrel's camera film developed, Fillmore says he knows who the perpetrator is[[spoiler: he looks right at Leo and Leo admits to the crime, later it's revealed that the picture in the camera was of O'Farrell's shoes, so Fillmore managed to bluff Leo into confessing based on pure instinct.

* Tori calling out the author of the "Vampirita" novels for the lack of respect she has for her fans and her apathy towards the series itself. While this could've just been Tori being a StrawFan or LoonyFan attacking the author for not having the same zeal for the series as her fans do, it instead comes out as a fan having legitimate complaints for the lack of effort and care the author has put into the latest entry. It's further justified in that said author clearly does not give a shit about the books or her fans and has only been writing them for the money and because of her contract. What started this off was the author calling Tori's best friend Terri "A nutso fan" for the lengths Terri went through [[spoiler: to secretly sabotage their entries in the fan contest to get them featured as characters in the new book after learning how horribly the series JumpedTheShark (Vampirita suddenly dating her "Sworn genetic enemy" and giving him all the secrets of the resistance for no justifiable reason). The author even admitted she wrote the entire thing on a plane trip to Milan, which proves she's not even interested in making an effort to earn her paycheck at this point.]] As Tori puts it, a book is supposed to be a promise made to the readers, and she suggests the author try keeping next time.

* Tori calling out the apathetic author of the "Vampirita" novels for the lack of respect she has for her fans. This would just come across as Tori being a LoonyFan attacking the author for not understanding the zeal the fans have for her books, only it's clear said author has zero interest in her books or her fans beyond the money, genuinely has little respect for her readers as shown by her disdain while judging the contest for her latest book, and put little effort in finishing her latest, and horrible, entry in the series which is what started off the episode's events. Especially considering she called Tori's friend Terri a "nutso fan" for [[spoiler: the lengths she went to stop Tori and herself from winning the contest which would've gotten them included in the Vampirita series after learning how much the books JumpedTheShark]].

[[AC:A Forgotten Yesteryear]]

* Vallejo's CMOA: Personally threatening the son of a Canadian ambassador who abuses his diplomatic immunity, knowing full well it lies outside his jurisdiction and that his title of junior-commissioner could be suspended. Note this also happens after his two best officers quit the safety patrol to take care of the perp and his gang ''on their own,'' after he nagged them about leaving said kid alone. Vallejo would have been obligated to take Fillmore and Ingrid's badges, and he cares about the two enough to not want to be the one to do it. You ''know'' he knows what's at stake, and he goes through with it anyway. Also counts as a {{Big Damn Heroes}} moment.

-->'''Winston Cotter''': ...yes, sir.
** His [[BigDamnHeroes "they're not by themselves"]] beats it out though
* And how about every ChaseScene in the entire run of the series?
* The end of "A Forgotten Yesterday", in which the culprit is OutGambitted by Fillmore.

* Quite possibly the best and most clever line in the series: During "A Cold Day At X", where an algebra teacher, whose introductory scene shows her explaining to her classmates that no matter what, for any given equation the value of x will always stay the same, strongly believes that when you give them the chance and simply trust them, students will do the right thing on their own. Fillmore contests this and tells her that times have changed since she was a student at X middle school and thus stays at school overnight to ensure that a group of students don't steal the test answers. However, by the end of the episode, Fillmore realizes that she turned out to be right, at least with those kids. When the teacher talks to him the next day, she says: "So Fillmore, you had a whole day of school to yourself. Did you manage to learn anything?" Fillmore's reply? "Yeah. The value of X remains constant."
* In an early episode, Fillmore is convinced that a certain crook who's a constant thorn in the Safety Patrol's side is behind the theft of all the books in the school's library. Ingrid however becomes convinced that he's not behind it since the books were hidden in a tree house and the supposed thief [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes is so petrified of heights]] [[UpToEleven he once threw up having to watch a movie about a hot air balloon]]. When she tries to convince Fillmore to seek another answer, he refuses because of the guy's past crimes. Ingrid, fed up with this line of thinking, calls him out on his [[{{Hypocrite}} hypocrisy]] by tossing the files she dug up about Fillmore's delinquent past onto his desk and leaving the room in disgust. This call-out not only gets Fillmore to change his mind about his accusation but prompts him to tell her the full story behind the soda can rocket that prompted her to dig into his past in the first place.
* Wayne in backstory. He was the only person who saw anything worth saving in Fillmore, a known hardened delinquent and crook, and offered him the choice between an unspecified but probably long period of detention and helping the Safety Patrol bust a crook. [[ForegoneConclusion Fillmore chooses the latter and became the best Patroller the force has ever seen.]]
** In "South of Friendship, North of Honor", Fillmore echoes this when [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he tells Wayne he's too good]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to look the other way]] [[CorruptHick no matter what the]] [[DirtyCop corrupt Sheriff of the Safety Patrol and his flunkies do.]] Wayne repays this gesture by breaking out of the detention [[DirtyCop he received for investigating the theft that drives most of the episode's plot]] [[UndyingLoyalty to help Fillmore when he gets into trouble going after the Sheriff by himself]] ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero despite it having been Fillmore's idea to investigate and therefore, indirectly his fault Wayne got demoted]]) and the pair end up jointly ''completely'' busting the Sheriff, getting him shipped off to military school with Wayne gaining leadership of the Safety Patrol with all the help he needs to clean up the school.
* Tori calling out the apathetic author of the "Vampirita" novels for the lack of respect she has for her fans in "The Unseen Reflection." This would just come across as Tori being a LoonyFan attacking the author for not understanding the zeal the fans have for her books, only it's clear said author has zero interest in her books or her fans beyond the money, genuinely has little respect for her readers as shown by her disdain while judging the contest for her latest book, and put little effort in finishing her latest, and horrible, entry in the series which is what started off the episode's events. Especially considering she called Tori's friend Terri a "nutso fan" for [[spoiler: the lengths she went to stop Tori and herself from winning the contest which would've gotten them included in the Vampirita series after learning how much the books JumpedTheShark]].
* In "To Mar a Stall", while visiting Randal the Vandal in detention, Ingrid and Fillmore are asked to surrender any writing utensils. [[DoubleStandard The guard gets pushy with Ingrid asking if she has any lipstick or eyeliner.]] Clearly upset [[BigBrotherInstinct at seeing his partner being badgered unfairly]], Fillmore, deciding to mess with the guard a bit, tells him he doesn't have any eyeliner or lipstick either, thanks for asking.

* In "To Mar a Stall", while visiting Randal the Vandal in detention, Ingrid and Fillmore are asked to surrender any writing utensils. [[DoubleStandard The guard gets pushy with Ingrid asking if she has any lipstick or eyeliner.]] Clearly upset [[BigBrotherInstinct at seeing his partner being badgering unfairly]], Fillmore, deciding to mess with the guard a bit, tells him he doesn't have any eyeliner or lipstick either, thanks for asking.

* Tori calling out the apathetic author of the "Vampirita" novels for the lack of respect she has for her fans in "The Unseen Reflection." This would just come across as Tori being a LoonyFan attacking the author for not understanding the zeal the fans have for her books, only it's clear said author has zero interest in her books or her fans beyond the money, genuinely has little respect for her readers as shown by her disdain while judging the contest for her latest book, and put little effort in finishing her latest, and horrible, entry in the series which is what started off the episode's events. Especially considering she called Tori's friend Terri a "nutso fan" for [[spoiler: the lengths she went to stop Tori and herself from winning the contest which would've gotten them included in the Vampirita series after learning how much the books JumpedTheShark]].

** In "South of Friendship, North of Honor", Fillmore echoes this when [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he tells Wayne he's too good]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to look the other way]] [[CorruptHick no matter what the]] [[DirtyCop corrupt Sheriff of the Safety Patrol and his flunkies do.]] Wayne repays this gesture by [[{{Badass}} breaking out of the detention]] [[DirtyCop he received for investigating the theft that drives most of the episode's plot]] [[UndyingLoyalty to help Fillmore when he gets into trouble going after the Sheriff by himself]] ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero despite it having been Fillmore's idea to investigate and therefore, indirectly his fault Wayne got demoted]]) and the pair end up jointly ''completely'' busting the Sheriff, getting him shipped off to military school with Wayne gaining leadership of the Safety Patrol with all the help he needs to clean up the school.

** In "South of Friendship, North of Honor", Fillmore echoes this when [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he tells Wayne he's too good]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo to look the other way]] [[CorruptHick no matter what the]] [[DirtyCop corrupt Sheriff of the Safety Patrol and his flunkies do.]] Wayne repays this gesture by [[{{Badass}} breaking out of the detention]] [[DirtyCop he received for investigating the theft that drives most of the episode's plot]] [[UndyingLoyalty to help Fillmore when he gets into trouble going after the Sheriff by himself]] ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero despite it having been Fillmore's idea to investigate and therefore, indirectly his fault Wayne got demoted]]) and the pair end up jointly ''completely'' busting the Sheriff, getting him shipped off to military school with Wayne gaining leadership of the Safety Patrol with all the help he needs to clean up the school.

** In "South of Friendship, North of Honor", Fillmore echoes this when [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he tells Wayne he's too good]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo look the other way]] [[CorruptHick no matter what the]] [[DirtyCop corrupt Sheriff of the Safety Patrol and his flunkies do.]] Wayne repays this gesture by [[{{Badass}} breaking out of the detention]] [[DirtyCop he received for investigating the theft that drives most of the episode's plot]] [[UndyingLoyalty to help Fillmore when he gets into trouble going after the Sheriff by himself]] ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero despite it having been Fillmore's idea to investigate and therefore, indirectly his fault Wayne got demoted]]) and the pair end up jointly ''completely'' busting the Sheriff, getting him shipped off to military school with Wayne gaining leadership of the Safety Patrol with all the help he needs to clean up the school.

** In "South of Friendship, North of Honor", Fillmore echoes this when [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre he tells Wayne he's too good]] [[IDidWhatIHadToDo look the other way]] [[CorruptHick no matter what the]] [[DirtyCop corrupt Sheriff of the Safety Patrol and his flunkies do.]] Wayne repays this gesture by [[{{Badass}} breaking out of the detention]] [[DirtyCop he received for investigating the theft that drives most of the episode's plot [[UndyingLoyalty to help Fillmore when he gets into trouble going after the Sheriff by himself]] ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero despite it having been Fillmore's idea to investigate and therefore, indirectly his fault Wayne got demoted]]) and the pair end up jointly ''completely'' busting the Sheriff, getting him shipped off to military school with Wayne gaining leadership of the Safety Patrol with all the help he needs to clean up the school.

* Quite possibly the best and most clever line in the series: During "A Cold Day At X", where an algebra teacher, whose introductory scene shows her explaining to her classmates that no matter what, for any given equation the value of x will always stay the same, strongly believes that when you give them the chance and simply trust them, students will do the right thing on their own. Fillmore contests this and tells her that times have changed since she was a student at X middle school and thus stays at school overnight to ensure that a group of students don't steal the test answers. However, by the end of the episode, Fillmore realizes that she turned out to be right, at least with those kids. When the teacher talks to him the next day, she says: "So Fillmore, you had a whole day of school to yourself. Did you manage to learn anything?" Fillmore's reply? "Yeah. The value of X remains constant."

** And then he tops it by being man enough to admit it was terrible and make amends.

* His big damn heros "they're not by themselves" beats it out though

* Fillmore managing to beat the school mini-golf club so hard that he won every trophy they'd ever won in a row, solely because they wouldn't let him join. Yes, it was a horrible thing to do, but he managed to beat all of them in what was implied to be one day. That takes serious talent.

* The end of "A Forgotten Yesterday", in which the culprit is OutGambitted by Fillmore.

* His big damn heros "their not by themselves" beats it out though

* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Vallejo's CMOA: Personally threatening the son of a Canadian ambassador who abuses his diplomatic immunity, knowing full well it lies outside his jurisdiction and that his title of junior-commissioner could be suspended. Note this also happens after his two best officers quit the safety patrol to take care of the perp and his gang ''on their own,'' after he nagged them about leaving said kid alone. Vallejo would have been obligated to take Fillmore and Ingrid's badges, and he cares about the two enough to not want to be the one to do it. You ''know'' he knows what's at stake, and he goes through with it anyway. Also counts as a {{Big Damn Heroes}} moment.

* And how about every ChaseScene in the entire run of the series?

-->'''Winston Cotter''': ...yes, sir.