Problem Child
- This exchange:Clown [holding a balloon animal] Look! A giraffe!Martin Beck: Look, a fist! [slugs clown
]- This is combined with the Funny Background Event of the kids having absolutely no reaction to the clown getting punched.
- Junior's takedown of the opposing little league team.
- Ben's Sanity Slippage near the end of the film, especially when he finds that Beck kidnapped Flo and Junior.Ben Healy: HEEEEEERRRRREEEEE'S DADDY!!!
- "We've adopted Satan."
- Junior's narration, especially this one from the camping trip:Junior Healy: These are Roy's kids. They share a brain. The one on the end has it today.
- The Running Gag of Ben consulting parenting books. They start with How to Be a Great Dad, go to Disciplining Your Child, and when Ben goes through his Sanity Slippage, The Exorcist. A subtle gag: the first two books have the author's headshot on the back. Both are John Ritter in different costumes.
- Ben grabbing a gun from a circus' costume rack to try and stop Beck. It turns out to be a "Bang!" Flag Gun.
- Ben sinking his father's mayoral campaign with a Engineered Public Confession that ends with him mooning the camera on (unknown to him) live television.
- Junior wrecking a bratty girl's birthday party in epic fashion. Doubles as a Moment of Awesome.
- When Ben and Flo return Junior back to Mr. Peabody.Mr. Peabody: Okay Mr. and Mrs. "We don't care about brown hair and brown eyes. We just want him into our home and let him play with our disgusting cat!"
Problem Child 2
- At the start of the movie, Ben and Junior are about to move out of Cold River, and Ben gets sentimental about his "fond memories" of the town.Junior: Fond memories? What are you talking about? Everybody hated ya! Your father, your wife, those horrible neighbors![Beat]Ben: You're right. Let's blow this joint! [steps on the gas and smashes a "Now leaving Cold River" sign]
- During the road trip, at one point Ben is asleep so Junior takes over the wheel. Suddenly an unseen driver cuts him off, and Junior gives him the finger.
- The first scene with Principal Peabody. He's gotten a job at the school because he hates kids and is gleefully preparing for his Sadist Teacher routine. Then Junior walks in.
- James Tolkan, who was Mr. Strickland in Back to the Future, is Mr. Thorn here. One of the rules he has written on the blackboard is "No Slackers".
- The scene of Murph trying to bully Junior after he ridicules him in class. Key word being trying.Murph: I'm senior student in this school.Junior: No shit, you've been here since 1970.
- Doubling as a Moment of Awesome, Murph has cornered him against the blackboard, so Junior fights back using the erasers to dust him with chalk. While he's coughing, Junior grabs the whole roll of duct tape and leaves Murph plastered against the board. Everyone else just runs out of the classroom (and the school) in terror.
- Junior's science project: "How Electricity Works" using an electric chair.
- The Healys' house number is 911.
