* Charlie's progress reports after he learns about punctuation. Failing to understand what they mean and how to use them, [[PunctuationShaker he throws commas and random punctuation marks around haphazardly]] throughout his text.
--> "Punctuation, is? fun!"
* The scene where he tries to figure out the Rorschach inkblot test near the beginning.
--> "I do not think I passed the Raw Shock test."
* Dr. Strauss gives Charlie a television which he [[SleepLearning has to keep on at night while he sleeps]].
--> "That crazy TV kept me up all night! How can I sleep with something yelling crazy things all night in my ears?"
* Charlie attempting to try a simple conversation with Miss Kinnian goes like this:
--> " I tried to avoid all discussions of intellectual concepts and to keep the conversation on a simple, everyday level, but she just stared at me blankly and asked me what I meant about the mathematical variance equivalent in Dorbermann's Fifth Concerto."