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'''Zinnia''': ''[hands him his hat]'' Here's your hat, Harry.

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'''Zinnia''': ''[hands him his hat]'' Here's your hat, Harry.\\
''[Harry snatches his hat and throws it aside]''
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** This line: "I think I might enjoy writing end-of-term reports for the stinkers in my class."
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* Just before her rampage, the Trunchbull sniffing at her favorite chocolate box lid Franchise/{{Wolverine}}-style [[TheNoseKnows and then her sudden twitch realizing she's not alone in her house]].

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* Just before her rampage, the Trunchbull sniffing at her favorite chocolate box lid Franchise/{{Wolverine}}-style ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}-style [[TheNoseKnows and then her sudden twitch realizing she's not alone in her house]].
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** WHY ARE ALL THESE WOMEN MARRIED?!
** Your mommy...is a TWIT!!
** Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am [[SuddenlyShouting GOD!]]
** For this newt, you [[PrecisionFStrike PISS-WORM!!]]

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** WHY "WHY ARE ALL THESE WOMEN MARRIED?!
MARRIED?!"
** Your "Your mommy...is a TWIT!!
TWIT!!"
** Am "Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am [[SuddenlyShouting GOD!]]
GOD!]]"
** For "For this newt, you [[PrecisionFStrike PISS-WORM!!]]PISS-WORM!!]]"

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'''''Per site policy, Administrivia/SpoilersOff applies to all SugarWiki/FunnyMoments pages, so all spoilers here are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!'''''
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** Your mommy...is a TWIT !!

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** Your mommy...is a TWIT !!TWIT!!

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!!Book

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!!Movie

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!!Musical
** The scene where Bruce Bogtrotter finishes eating the cake gets its own song in the musical. The music as he finishes the cake is the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome of a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic very good song.]]

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The scene where Bruce Bogtrotter finishes eating the cake gets its own song in the musical. The music as he finishes the cake is the SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome of a [[SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic very good song.]]




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!!The book

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!!The book!!Book



!!The movie

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!!The movie!!Movie



!!The musical

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!!The musical!!Musical



* At a cast reunion, the now-grown child actors [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/watch-matilda-cast-members-reenact-scenes-as-grown-ups re-enacted famous scenes from the film]], including the cake-eating and pigtail-toss scenes. It's as hysterical as it sounds.

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* At a cast reunion, the now-grown child actors [[http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/watch-matilda-cast-members-reenact-scenes-as-grown-ups re-enacted famous scenes from the film]], including the cake-eating and pigtail-toss scenes. It's as hysterical as it sounds.sounds.
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--> '''Zinnia:''' I think your head is swollen, Harry.
--> '''Harry:''' The fibers are fused to the head!!
--> '''Zinnia:''' "The fibers are fused"? What's THAT supposed to mean?!

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--> ---> '''Zinnia:''' I think your head is swollen, Harry.
--> ---> '''Harry:''' The fibers are fused to the head!!
--> ---> '''Zinnia:''' "The fibers are fused"? What's THAT supposed to mean?!



--> '''Harry:''' From now on, this family does exactly what I say [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment WHEN EXACTLY WHEN I SAY IT!]]\\

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--> ---> '''Harry:''' From now on, this family does exactly what I say [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment WHEN EXACTLY WHEN I SAY IT!]]\\



-->'''Zinnia:''' Snickerdoodle, what did you ''do'' to your hair?
-->'''Harry:''' My hair...?! (''goes to the mirror and notices his now-bleached hair'') '''[[TheScream AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!]]''' (''[[FaceFault falls over sideways in shock]]'')

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-->'''Zinnia:''' --->'''Zinnia:''' Snickerdoodle, what did you ''do'' to your hair?
-->'''Harry:''' --->'''Harry:''' My hair...?! (''goes to the mirror and notices his now-bleached hair'') '''[[TheScream AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!]]''' (''[[FaceFault falls over sideways in shock]]'')

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--> '''Harry:''' From now on, this family does exactly what I say [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment WHEN EXACTLY WHEN I SAY IT!]]

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--> '''Harry:''' From now on, this family does exactly what I say [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment WHEN EXACTLY WHEN I SAY IT!]]IT!]]\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Zinnia''': ''[hands him his hat]'' Here's your hat, Harry.



-->'''Zinnia:''' Oh my god, what happened to your hair?

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-->'''Zinnia:''' Oh my god, Snickerdoodle, what happened did you ''do'' to your hair?



--> ''[Leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda]'' "$5,000?! I'm not paying it! What are they gonna do, repossess the kid?!"

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--> ''[Leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda]'' "$5,000?! "Five thousand dollars?! I'm not paying it! What are they gonna do, repossess the kid?!"



* Mr. Wormwood's subtle reaction to Trunchbull's line about never being a child. It's like "Uh, Oooookaaayyy...."

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* Mr. Wormwood's subtle reaction to Trunchbull's line about never being having been a child. It's like "Uh, Oooookaaayyy...."



--> '''Matilda:''' I'm six and a half, mommy.

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--> '''Matilda:''' I'm six and a half, mommy.Mommy.



* Trunchbull is getting ready to leave her house in her car, but suddenly, a black cat approaches her, asking for her attention. As it turns out, Trunchbull is a superstitious person and is, therefore, terrified of black cats. The teacher is seen skipping backwards like a scared little girl and tries to scare it off by shaking her key-ring and barking like a dog, only to send it flying by kicking it away when it gets too close for comfort.

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* Trunchbull is getting ready to leave her house in her car, but suddenly, a black cat approaches her, asking meowing for her attention. As it turns out, Trunchbull is a superstitious person and is, therefore, terrified of black cats. The teacher is seen skipping backwards like a scared little girl and tries to scare it off by shaking her key-ring and barking like a dog, only to send it flying by kicking it away when it gets too close for comfort.
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--> '''Zinnia:''' "The fibers are fused"? [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar What's THAT supposed to mean?!]]

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--> '''Zinnia:''' "The fibers are fused"? [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar What's THAT supposed to mean?!]]mean?!



** "Literature/MobyDick"..." ''({{Beat}})'' "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Easy, grandma]]."

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** "Literature/MobyDick"..." ''({{Beat}})'' "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Easy, grandma]]."Easy, grandma."
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** For this newt, you [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar PISS-WORM!!]]

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** For this newt, you [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar [[PrecisionFStrike PISS-WORM!!]]
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-->'''Zinnia:''' Oh my god, what happened to your hair?
-->'''Harry:''' My hair...?! (''goes to the mirror and notices his now-bleached hair'') '''[[TheScream AAAAAAAARRRRRGH!]]''' (''[[FaceFault falls over sideways in shock]]'')

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* At the beginning of the "Naughty" number, Matilda switches from nursery rhymes to SesquipedalianLoquaciousness.
-->'''Matilda''': "Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. They said their subsequent fall was inevitable."

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* The parrot scene is hilarious.

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** During the glue incident, Matilda recounts (or possibly makes up) a story about a little boy who [[NoseNuggets went to pick his nose]] but he had superglue on his finger.
** 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!".
* The parrot scene is hilarious.
hilarious. To put it into perspective, Matilda borrows Chopper, the neighbours' parrot, and hides him up the chimney. Chopper knows two phrases: "Hello" and "Rattle my bones". So when Mr. and Mrs. Wormwood hear him, they think the house is haunted.
* 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?!".
* Hortensia pranking Trunchbull with itching powder in her underwear.
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** Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am [[LargeHam GOD!]]

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** Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am [[LargeHam [[SuddenlyShouting GOD!]]
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** Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am GOD!

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** Am I wrong? I'm never wrong. In this classroom, in this school, I am GOD![[LargeHam GOD!]]
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** "Who's in my [[SuddenlyShouting HOUSE]]!?"
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** Also, the bit with peroxide in the hair tonic, leading to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWRB3E3IPlg this priceless moment.]]

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** Also, the bit with peroxide in the hair tonic, leading to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWRB3E3IPlg this priceless moment.]]the page image.

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*** "Here's your hat, Harry."
** Also; The bit with peroxide in the hair tonic....leading....to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWRB3E3IPlg THIS!]]

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*** "Here's your hat, Harry."
** Also; The Also, the bit with peroxide in the hair tonic....leading....tonic, leading to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWRB3E3IPlg THIS!]]this priceless moment.]]
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* Many of the bits with the [[ComicallySerious goofy FBI Agents.]]

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* Many of the bits with the [[ComicallySerious [[TheComicallySerious goofy FBI Agents.]]
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--> ''*Leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda*'' "$5,000?! 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*'' "Chew yer food! You're an animal!"

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--> ''*Leaving ''[Leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda*'' Matilda]'' "$5,000?! I'm not paying it! What are they gonna do, repossess the kid?!"
--> ''*Selling ''[Selling a car to Ms. Trunchbull*'' Trunchbull]'' "In a manner of speaking, yes. Uh, welcome to Wormwood Motors. Harry Wormwood, owner, founder, ''whatever!''"
--> ''*Michael ''[Michael chokes on a carrot*'' carrot Matilda just shoved in there]'' "Chew yer food! You're an animal!"
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* The book starts with Roald Dahl snarking at parents who are completely oblivious to any fault their child might have, complete with giving examples of what he ''would'' write in an evaluation were he allowed to use the level of snark required.
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* Trunchbull is getting ready to leave her house in her car, but suddenly, a black cat approaches her, asking for her attention. As it turns out, Trunchbull is a superstitious person and is, therefore, terrified of black cats. The teacher is seen skipping backwards like a scared little girl and tries to scare it off by shaking her key-ring and barking like a dog, only to send it flying by kicking it away when it gets too close for comfort.



* Trunchbull is getting ready to leave her house in her car, but suddenly, a black cat approaches her, asking for her attention. As it turns out, Trunchbull is a superstitious person and is, therefore, terrified of black cats. The teacher is seen skipping backwards like a scared little girl and tries to scare it off by shaking her key-ring and barking like a dog, only to send it flying by kicking it away when it gets too close for comfort.

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* Trunchbull is getting ready to leave her house in her car, but suddenly, a black cat approaches her, asking for her attention. As it turns out, Trunchbull is a superstitious person and is, therefore, terrified of black cats. The teacher is seen skipping backwards like a scared little girl and tries to scare it off by shaking her key-ring and barking like a dog, only to send it flying by kicking it away when it gets too close for comfort.
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* Trunchbull is getting ready to leave her house in her car, but suddenly, a black cat approaches her, asking for her attention. As it turns out, Trunchbull is a superstitious person and is, therefore, terrified of black cats. The teacher is seen skipping backwards like a scared little girl and tries to scare it off by shaking her key-ring and barking like a dog, only to send it flying by kicking it away when it gets too close for comfort.
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--> '''Harry:''' How old is Matilda?

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--> '''Harry:''' How Dearest pie, how old is Matilda?



--> '''Matilda:''' Six and a half.

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--> '''Matilda:''' Six I'm six and a half.half, mommy.

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* Matilda arguing with her parents about her age.
--> '''Harry:''' How old is Matilda?
--> '''Zinnia:''' Four.
--> '''Matilda:''' Six and a half.
--> '''Zinnia:''' Five, then.
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* Many, if not all scenes involving [[LargeHam Mrs. Trunchbull]] when they aren't nightmarish.

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* Many, if not all scenes involving [[LargeHam Mrs.Ms. Trunchbull]] when they aren't nightmarish.



-->'''KIDS:''' Yes, Miss Trunchbull.
-->'''BOY:''' ...sir.

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-->'''KIDS:''' -->'''Kids:''' Yes, Miss Trunchbull.
-->'''BOY:''' ...-->'''Boy:''' ...sir.



--> ''*Leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda*'' "$5,000?! I'm not paying! What are they gonna do?! Repossess the kid?!"

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--> ''*Leaving the hospital with a newborn Matilda*'' "$5,000?! I'm not paying! paying it! What are they gonna do?! Repossess do, repossess the kid?!"
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* Just before her rampage, the Trunchbull sniffing at her favorite chocolate box lid {{Wolverine}}-style [[TheNoseKnows and then her sudden twitch realizing she's not alone in her house]].

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* Just before her rampage, the Trunchbull sniffing at her favorite chocolate box lid {{Wolverine}}-style Franchise/{{Wolverine}}-style [[TheNoseKnows and then her sudden twitch realizing she's not alone in her house]].
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** There's a brief moment when Trunchbull tries to blame Matilda for making it happen (correctly, but no one knows about Matilda's power at this point), and Miss Honey asks how Matilda could possibly have made it happen from across the room. There's a short moment of mental standstill as Trunchbull realizes that there really ''isn't'' any way even she could blame this on Matilda.

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