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--> ...one that you might find on the face of a person who is trapped in a small field with an enraged bull which is charging flat out towards her.

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--> ...-->...one that you might find on the face of a person who is trapped in a small field with an enraged bull which is charging flat out towards her.



-->''(leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda)'' "Five thousand dollars?! I'm not paying it! What are they gonna do, repossess the kid?!"
-->''(selling a car to Ms. Trunchbull)'' "In a manner of speaking, yes. Uh, welcome to Wormwood Motors. Harry Wormwood, owner, founder, ''whatever!''"
-->''(Michael chokes on a carrot Matilda just shoved in his mouth with her powers)'' "Chew yer food! You're an animal!"

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-->''(leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda)'' "Five thousand dollars?! I'm not paying it! What are they gonna do, repossess the kid?!"
-->''(selling
kid?!"\\
''(selling
a car to Ms. Trunchbull)'' "In a manner of speaking, yes. Uh, welcome to Wormwood Motors. Harry Wormwood, owner, founder, ''whatever!''"
-->''(Michael
''whatever!''"\\
''(Michael
chokes on a carrot Matilda just shoved in his mouth with her powers)'' "Chew yer food! You're an animal!"



--> "And another violation - your car's about to run a stop sign."

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--> "And --->"And another violation - your car's about to run a stop sign."



--> "Whoever painted The Trunchbull must have had a very strong stomach."

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--> "Whoever -->"Whoever painted The Trunchbull must have had a very strong stomach."
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-->'''Trunchbull:''' ''(throws the ribbon to the ground and stomps on it)'' WHO DOES THIS STUPID, DISGUSTING RIBBON BELONG TO?! ''(spits on it)'' I shall personally see to it that the demented, drooling, slime-breathed little Lilliputian who owns this [[ChewingTheScenery DIS-GUS-TING RIBBON,]] '''[[ChewingTheScenery WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!]]'''

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-->'''Trunchbull:''' ''(throws the ribbon to the ground and stomps on it)'' WHO DOES THIS STUPID, DISGUSTING RIBBON BELONG TO?! ''(spits on it)'' I shall personally see to it that the demented, drooling, slime-breathed little Lilliputian who owns this [[ChewingTheScenery DIS-GUS-TING RIBBON,]] '''[[ChewingTheScenery WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY!]]'''DAY AGAIN!]]'''

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** Amanda herself has a complete non-reaction to being thrown over a fence by her hair, happily sweeping up flowers as she lands, and taking a bow afterwards.



** Matilda uses her powers to make their car start moving and, after listing all the law breaking they're doing by searching the garage, adds...
--> "And another violation - your car's about to run a stop sign."



** "WHY ARE ALL THESE WOMEN MARRIED?!"

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** "WHY ARE ALL THESE WOMEN MARRIED?!"MARRIED?!"[[note]]Miss Honey taught the children to spell 'difficulty' with a poem in which all the letters are 'Mrs'.[[/note]]


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** The Trunchbull also wails that "it's a snake", and Matilda puts her hand up to inform her that it's actually a newt, possibly also subtly rubbing it in the woman's face that she was panicking about a harmless reptile.
* When Miss Honey discovers that her father's portrait has been replaced with one of The Trunchbull, she can only say "oh my". Matilda is far less delicate.
--> "Whoever painted The Trunchbull must have had a very strong stomach."
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''(Harry snatches his hat and throws it aside)''

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''(Harry snatches '''Harry:''' Gimme that. ''(snatches his hat and throws it aside)''



'''Zinnia:''' Five, then.

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'''Zinnia:''' [[TakeAThirdOption Five, then.then]].
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*** When Zinnia tries to help remove Harry's hat, the chaos starts when she accidentally rips off the entire rim and stumbles backwards into a table causing her to backflip over the table. Harry also stumbles backwards, but as he gets up, he bumps into a waiter, causing Harry to fall into a cart, sending the desserts flying in the air. While a cream pie dessert lands perfectly on Matilda's plate without making a mess, a cream bun lands hard on Michael's plate, splattering him with cream.
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* The cake-eating scene apparently took so long to film that the call sheet time had an infinity symbol drawn across the start and end entry fields.

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* The cake-eating scene apparently took so long to film that the call sheet time had an infinity symbol drawn across the start and end entry fields.
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* The cake-eating scene apparently took so long to film that the call sheet time had an infinity symbol was drawn across the start and end entry fields.

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* The cake-eating scene apparently took so long to film that the call sheet time had an infinity symbol was drawn across the start and end entry fields.
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* The cake-eating scene apparently took so long to film that the call sheet time had an infinity symbol was drawn across the start and end entry fields.
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* The lead up to the pigtails incident, with the narrator describing the expression on Amanda's face as...
--> ...one that you might find on the face of a person who is trapped in a small field with an enraged bull which is charging flat out towards her.
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* How hammy is the Trunchbull? When she's barking over the PA system, the speaker's mesh actually pulses in and out at though she was yelling just behind it.

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* How hammy is the Trunchbull? When she's barking over the PA system, the speaker's mesh actually pulses in and out at as though she was yelling just behind it.
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** One of the tricks Matilda plays on her father is that she replaces his hair oil with her mother's hair bleach. When he ends up blond, Mrs. Wormwood says that he looks just like somebody's grandmother gone wrong. He responds, "I look just like ''you'' gone wrong!".

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** One of the tricks Matilda plays on her father is that she replaces his hair oil with her mother's hair bleach. When he ends up blond, Mrs. Wormwood says that he looks just like somebody's grandmother gone wrong. He responds, "I look just like ''you'' gone wrong!".wrong!"



* The poem Nigel recites for how to spell "Difficulty", basically referring to the letters (and groups of letters) as "Mrs. [Letter]". Trunchbull responds by shouting, "Why are all these women married?!".

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* The poem Nigel recites for how to spell "Difficulty", basically referring to the letters (and groups of letters) as "Mrs. [Letter]". Trunchbull responds by shouting, "Why are all these women married?!".married?!"
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** The bit with peroxide in the hair tonic, leading to the page image.

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** The bit with peroxide in the hair tonic, leading to the page image.folder.
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* When the Trunchbull initially calls Bruce Bogtrotter to the stage ahead of the cake incident, she describes him to the assembled students as, among other things, “A thief! A crook! A pirate! A brigand! A rustler!” Bruce's response?
-->"Steady on,” the boy said. ''(Equivalent to "Calm down!" Or "Take it easy!)'' “I mean, dash it all, Headmistress.”

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* When the Trunchbull initially calls Bruce Bogtrotter to the stage ahead of the cake incident, she describes him to the assembled students as, among other things, “A "A thief! A crook! A pirate! A brigand! A rustler!” rustler!" Bruce's response?
-->"Steady on,” on," the boy said. ''(Equivalent said.[[note]]Equivalent to "Calm down!" Or "Take it easy!)'' “I easy![[/note]] "I mean, dash it all, Headmistress."

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