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  • Veronica drags Billy out by the ear and gives him a good ass-chewing for mocking a fellow third-grader's stutter. It's even better in retrospect to see her call him out on his bullying so sternly, considering how many of Sandler's later movies have been criticized for picking on what they deem acceptable targets.
  • Billy Madison's principal's response to his wrong answer at the Academic Decathalon.
  • Billy risking humiliation to save one of his classmates from embarrassment.
  • Billy's thoughts on "The Puppy Who Lost His Way":
    "...That little boy's gotta think 'You got a pet! You got a responsibility!' If your dog gets lost, you don't look for an hour then call it quits. You get your ass out there and you find that fucking dog!"
  • While Billy isn't well-schooled or anywhere near a genius, he seems pretty capable of reading people. When he completely flubs his last question in the decathlon and will lose if Eric gets even two points on him, Billy takes one look at the list of questions he can choose for Eric, and he says, smirking because he knows full well he's already won:
    Billy: I choose business ethics.
  • Billy's former childhood victim, who he made amends with and befriended, appearing at the end to save Billy by shooting Eric. In the ass.
    Billy: Man, I'm glad I called that guy.
  • Billy's classmates demanding the principal recant his false confession by innocently asking why he'd lie about it.
  • When the principal recants his confession, Eric tries to claim that he believed Billy was innocent, but the latter isn't fooled for a minute.
    Billy Madison: "Cut the horseshit Eric! I know you're the one who blackmailed Max!"
    • Billy's father also gets a moment of awesome when he denies Eric control of the company, even risking a lawsuit, because he knows Billy deserves a second chance.

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