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3* Juror #8 overall, but especially the first part (after the vote became 6-to-6, it was just a matter of finishing what had started) -- at the start, eleven men agree on one thing -- the defendant is guilty. That's pretty much all they agree on, and Juror #8 [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation turns minor disagreements into major ones]], [[GuileHero eventually convincing the other 11 that there is reasonable doubt]]. There's also ''how'' he does it -- he doesn't ''say'' "the defendant is not guilty", but asks the others to elaborate on their reasons for being convinced, showing each one sooner or later that said reasons don't actually exist, and remaining calm long enough for them to realize it.
4** A particular moment occurs when everyone else is prattling on how the boy's switchblade was damning evidence since it was unique. Juror #8 silently destroys that argument with one blow when he produces an ''exact copy'' of the switchblade and stabs into the table.[[note]]Of course, in RealLife, since he went out and bought it specifically for the next day's deliberation, that would end the case in a mistrial, but both #4 and even #8 himself does at least point out that he broke the law.[[/note]]
5** He gets another a few minutes later, by invoking IneffectualDeathThreats. One argument in favor of conviction was that the defendant was heard yelling, "[[IllKillYou I'LL KILL YOU!]]" at the victim. Juror #8 provokes Juror #3 (the one most adamant for a conviction). Juror #3 ''lunges'' at Juror #8 and has to be held back by the others as he yells, "Lemme go! [[MeaningfulEcho I'LL KILL HIM! I'LL KILL HIM!]]" Juror #8, still calm and cool, just says, "You don't ''really'' mean you'll kill me, do you?"
6*** This was made into the act break in the stage version, due to being so impactful.
7** Gets yet another one when #3 is holding the knife to reenact the stabbing. When everyone freaks out[[note]]likely thinking that, due to the fighting between the two, #3 might actually stab him[[/note]], #8 doesn't even bat an eyelid.
8* They all got a collective moment when they reject Juror #10's racist rant toward the end. As they all turn their backs to him one-by-one, he [[VillainousBreakdown grows more and more distressed]], bewildered by their rejection of his words, until the only man still facing him is the stoic businessman, Juror #4.
9-->'''Juror #10:''' Listen to me... Listen...\
10'''Juror #4:''' [[ShutUpHannibal I have. Now sit down and don't open your mouth again.]]
11** And for the rest of the movie, that's ''exactly'' what he does. When Juror #8 asks #10 one last time if he thinks the boy is guilty, #10 only shakes his head.
12* Juror #4 gets another one towards the end when he calmly, rationally (in stark contrast to the racist-assumption-tossing #10) explains why he still thinks the boy is guilty, and is so convincing he actually swings a not-guilty voter back to guilty (albeit temporarily)--the only time that happens.
13* And another when everyone else is succumbing to the heat of the room.
14-->'''Juror #5:''' Pardon me, but don't you ever sweat?\
15'''Juror #4:''' No, I don't.
16** Topped later when his argument for memory falls apart, and he wipes his forehead for the only time.
17* Juror #9 gets two. First, when #8 offers to change his vote to guilty if all eleven other jurors still vote that way, #9 votes not guilty. He's not saying he's been convinced of that; he voted as such because he admires #8 for standing alone in his convictions for so long. Then at the end of the film, he figures out the critical flaw in the most damning piece of evidence against the defendant. When #3 asks why the defense attorney didn't bring it up, #8 points out that, of the 12 of them, 11 couldn't think of it either, and gives #9 a congratulatory pat on the arm.
18* At one point, Juror #7 changes his vote to "not guilty" just because he is tired, bored and generally "had enough". This leads to both Juror #3 and especially Juror #11 finally berating #7 for not taking the matter seriously:
19--> '''Juror #7''': I don't know about the rest of 'em but I'm getting' a little tired of this yakity-yack and back-and-forth, it's gettin' us nowhere. So I guess I'll have to break it up; I change my vote to "not guilty".\
20'''Juror #3:''' ''(Beat)'' You what?!\
21'''Juror #7:''' You heard me, I've... had enough.\
22'''Juror #3:''' [[EveryoneHasStandards Whaddya mean, you've had enough? That's no answer!]]\
23'''Juror #7:''' Hey, listen, you just uh... take care of yourself, 'uh? You know!\
24'''Juror #11:''' He's right. That's not an answer. Why kind of a man are you? You have sat here and voted "guilty" with everyone else because there are some baseball tickets burning a hole in your pocket? And now you've changed your vote because you say you're sick of all the talking here?\
25'''Juror #7:''' Now listen, buddy-!\
26'''Juror #11:''' Who tells you that you have the right to play like this with a man's life? Don't you care--\
27'''Juror #7:''' Now wait a minute! You can't talk like that to me!\
28'''Juror #11:''' I ''can'' talk like that to you. If you want to vote "not guilty", then do it because you are convinced the man is not guilty, not because you've "had enough". And if you think he is guilty, then vote that way! Or don't you have the ''guts'' to do what you think is right?
29** To show just how disgusting this was: did #11 get ticked off when #7 openly insults him for being an immigrant? No. Did he get ticked off when #7 acted with no real regard to the issue at hand? ''Yes.''
30* Juror #11 gets another one:
31--> '''Juror #11''': I beg pardon...\
32'''Juror #10''': "I beg pardon"? What are you so polite about?\
33'''Juror #11''': For the same reason you're not: it's the way I was brought up.
34* Juror #6 gets one after Juror #3 was berating Juror #9 over an explanation.
35--> '''Juror #6''': What are you talkin' to him like that for? Guy who talks like that to an old man really oughta get stepped on, you know. You oughta have more respect, mister. If you say stuff like that to him again... I'm gonna lay you out.
36* Juror #5 plays a huge part in proving the [[ReverseGrip knife plot point]] through his own personal experiences with it. He's also the first to stand up to Juror #10's racist rant by slamming down the newspaper and walking away.[[note]]although technically Juror #3 already stormed away from the table in annoyance when nine jurors vote for acquittal just before #10's rant begins[[/note]]
37* At the end of the movie, Juror #8 and Juror #9 shake hands and introduce themselves. It is only at this point that you realize you never knew their names... ''and it doesn't matter.''
38* When Juror #3 gets trapped in his own arguments:
39--> '''Juror #3''': What about all the other evidence? What about all that stuff, the, the knife, the--the whole business!\
40'''Juror #2''': Well, you said we could throw out all the other evidence!
41* Also, this beautiful piece of {{irony}} (keep in mind that Juror #11 is the only foreigner on the jury):
42-->'''Juror #10''': Bright? He's a common, ignorant slob. He don't even speak good English!\
43'''Juror #11''': He ''doesn't'' even speak good English.
44* Another (minor) #8 moment, when everyone was trying to prove to him the boy was guilty. Specifically when #10 was explaining the witness's story (seeing the killing from the other side when an el train passed by).
45--> '''Juror #8''': I'd like to ask you something. You don't believe the boy's story, how come you believe the woman's? She's one of ''them'' too, isn't she?\
46'''Juror #10''': [[TranquilFury (smile slowly drops)]] ...You're a pretty smart fella, aren't you?
47* Juror #4 deserves credit for changing his vote ''not'' because of pressure, wanting to leave, or realizing no one was listening to him, but because #8 and the others finally instill in him a reasonable doubt, and [[GracefulLoser he immediately and gracefully accepts it]]. What a class act.
48-->'''Juror #4''': ...No. I'm convinced. Not guilty.
49* When Juror #2, after asking if anyone wants a cough drop, walks up to Juror #8 to give him one, he remains standing behind him for some time, probably because he begins to slowly support him, even if he (Juror #2) voted guilty. Later, when Juror #8 walks up to Juror #2 to give him the switchblade, he too begins to stand close to him, probably to give strength to Juror #2's speech.

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