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* The adults dealing with Flick's [[TongueOnTheFlagpole flagpole situation]]. When a wet extremity is stuck to a cold surface, what you want to do is pour warm water over it until it can be pulled away safely. [[TongueTrauma This does not happen.]]

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* The When Flick gets his tongue stuck on the flagpole, Scott Schwartz does a fantastic job at screaming in pain/terror and begging his friends not to abandon him. And then the adults dealing deal with Flick's [[TongueOnTheFlagpole flagpole the situation]]. When a wet extremity is stuck to a cold surface, what you want to do is pour warm water over it until it can be pulled away safely. [[TongueTrauma This does not happen.]]]] Flick comes back to class with a mouth full of gauze and a haunted expression.
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* Schwartz being the victim of [[AbusiveParents quite audible child abuse]] after Ralphie scapegoats him for the fudge incident. This qualifies more as {{Narm}}, though, since, although child abuse is terrifying in reality, the mom sounds like a chicken or a duck as she's screaming. Granted, as funny as her sounds may be, the sheer deranged fury she emits is unsettling.

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* Schwartz being the victim of [[AbusiveParents quite audible child abuse]] after Ralphie scapegoats him for the fudge incident. This qualifies more as {{Narm}}, though, since, although child abuse is terrifying in reality, the mom sounds like a chicken or a duck as she's screaming. Granted, as funny as her sounds may be, the sheer deranged fury she emits is unsettling.unsettling, and Ralphie's mother clearly looks appalled as she overhears the beating and Schwartz yowling in pain.
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** Just before that freak gets the beatdown from Ralphie, he taunts the latter with faux-crying. The zoom-in on Scut's face while he does that and the shrill noise he makes is just....*shivers*. Gawd! That's one UGLY kid! Fortunately, Ralphie proceeds to beat the shit out of him shortly thereafter.

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** Just before that freak gets the beatdown from Ralphie, he taunts the latter with faux-crying. The zoom-in on Scut's face while he does that and the shrill noise he makes is just....*shivers*. Gawd! That's one UGLY kid! Fortunately, Ralphie proceeds to beat the shit out of him shortly thereafter.
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* The adults dealing with Flick's flagpole situation. When a wet extremity is stuck to a cold surface, what you want to do is pour warm water over it until it can be pulled away safely. [[TongueTrauma This does not happen.]]

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* The adults dealing with Flick's [[TongueOnTheFlagpole flagpole situation.situation]]. When a wet extremity is stuck to a cold surface, what you want to do is pour warm water over it until it can be pulled away safely. [[TongueTrauma This does not happen.]]

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