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  • The Hilarious Outtakes:
    Cletus Klump: I seen Sherman get so hungry once when he was young, he beat up a grown man!
    Mama Klump: I thought a colonic was a massage...
  • The massive chaos caused by the stampede of hamsters. Partially the scene where a hamster runs up a male student's pants leg while he is talking to an attractive female student and is then seen thrashing around near the guy's crotch. The female student sees this and thinks he has an erection. Luckily for him she reacts with admiration due to his seemingly huge size and he goes with it.
  • The scene when Buddy Love puts Jerkass comedian Reggie Warrington in his place for mercilessly ridiculing him as Sherman in one of the greatest and funniest acts of revenge ever put on film. Here's a clip of the scene, but the entire thing has to be seen to be believed.
  • Mean as they might be, Reggie's jokes targeted towards Sherman are pretty damn funny. "Woo boy, you've got more crack than Harlem!"
  • Sherman's dream of becoming a farting Kaiju — once recreating the scene of King Kong reaching to grab Ann Darrow — but here he grabs a leg of turkey instead of Carla, who gives an annoyed look. His family's reaction is hysterical.
    Reggie: Damn everyone, run for the hills! It's Fatzilla! Boy, he look like King Kong with titties!
    Mama: Sherman! I bought you some nice fried chicken, Sherman! Aw, he look fab-u-lous!
    Passerby: OH MY GOD, HE'S GONNA BLOW!
    Granny: (clinging to a lamppost) HEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP!
    Cletus: WAY TO GO, SON!!! THAT'S MY BOY!!!
    (A bum lighting a cigarette...)
    Cop: NOOOOOO!!!!!!
    (...causes a nuclear explosion)
  • The first "getting in shape" montage in which a trampoline sags under Sherman's weight. Also, the part where a man is shown lifting weights and next to him is Sherman lifting a Snicker's bar in unison with him.
  • Sherman's first transformation as Buddy Love. He goes all over the place relishing in the fact that he's thin and literally shouting it from the rooftops.
    Buddy: Oh! Oh! I'm thin! I'm thin! Look at my cheekbones! I have cheekbones! Yes! Look at my chest! Look at my breasts! I don't have breasts! I'm an A cup! I don't need a bra anymore. Oh, God! I'm thin! I'm thin! I'm thin! Nothin' but air there! Nothin' but air there! My ass is gone now! I'm slim, slim, slim! [looks down his pants] Well I'll be damned. I CAN SEE MY DICK!! MY DICK!! [dancing] MY DICK, MY DICK, MY DICK, MY DICK!
  • Later, he wants to buy anything spandex.
  • Buddy strolling into the reception at the end, casually slamming down the top of the piano and gleefully yelling at the pianist and jazz crew:
    That's enough out of you! That's it! You're the reason everybody's falling asleep! Take a break, Niggerace!note  Take The Everly Brothers with you, come on! Get out of here!
  • The Dean tries to flatter Harlon Hartley by saying that if his schools files are correct he is Happily Married with a lovely daughter. The guy's response?
    Hartley: I'm divorced and my daughter is in rehab.
    The Dean: So your saying our files are not correct.
  • Buddy's retroformation back into Sherman. After putting the Insult Comic in his place at the nightclub, Buddy soon ditches his Love Interest because his body transformation comes back to haunt him and he doesn't want her to find out about his secret. Unbeknownst to him, Jason catches him leaving the club and rebukes Buddy for using Sherman's credit card. Hilarity Ensues as the transformation scene has both of them on a wild car ride throughout the streets and Buddy suddenly turns back into Sherman while Jason Screams Like a Little Girl along the way.
  • The first dinner scene:
    • Cletus grumbling that he knows what healthy is...while pouring a huge amount of gravy on his full plate.
    • The Funny Background Event of Granny trying to eat peas on a fork, giving up, and just grabbing a handful with her hand and eating out of it.
    • "Her-cue-leez! Her-cue-leez! Her-cue-leez! Her-cue-leez!"
    • Anna announcing her intention to have her colon clensed. Ernie Jr. shoots her an "Ew, mom!" look. Cletus announces that he's going to clean his colon before farting. Anna's reaction is hilarious.
    There, now my colon is clean, I'm talkin' squeaky clean.
    • This bit:
    Cletus: You're talkin' about shoving a tube up someone's ass and I can't break wind?
    Anna: I didn't say nothin' about puttin' no hose up nobody's ass...
    Cletus: What do you think colonic is? You think you run your asshole by the carwash?
    • Ernie Jr. laughing so hard at Cletus' flatulence that he chokes on his food.
    • Cletus' next fart:
      Grandma: Who that call my name?
      Cletus: Yeah, I called you if your name is (farts loudly again).
    • "I hope you fart till your asshole falls out."
    • Cletus farts so hard he soils himself.
  • The second dinner is just as funny, as Carla is exposed to Sherman's family — Sherman is extra mortified, while Carla's are alternatingly amused, shocked and wary (of Ernie).
    Grandma: Yeah, that's how it start out, colleagues. Me and your grandfather was colleagues. Next thing you know, he's on top of me in the shed, pumping and a-sweating.
    Sherman: Grandma, it's not like that.
    Cletus: Grandma, will you hush up? He's never brought a girl home. The least you can do is let us talk to her.
    Ernie: (flirtatiously) Yeah, I'd like to get to know her a little better myself.
    Grandma: (off in her own world) Ain't nothing wrong with having relations. Don't be ashamed of that. Relations is beautiful. When I was young, I used to always have relations every night. If a nice gentleman bring me flowers and candy, take me to a movie, show me a lovely evening, then I would take him home and give him hot, lovely relations. Relations is a beautiful thing. It's nothing to be ashamed of. Especially two young people...
    Cletus: (to Anna) That your ho-ass mama.
    Grandma: You know, sometimes when I'm alone, I relate to myself.
    Ernie: I can relate.
    Anna: Oh, momma!
    Cletus: I don't wanna hear this shit while I'm eatin'!
    Grandma: (to Cletus, threatening) I'll fucking kill ya!
    • When the idea of children is brought up, Ernie gets very personal with Carla.
      Ernie: Yeah, I know you're gonna enjoy making them babies. Got those childbearing hips. Baby'll pop right out. (makes pop noise)
    • Grandma then contributes:
      Grandma: I still got my wedding dress. If you want it, I'll take it in. You'd look so loveIy in it. It's white, though. Can you wear a white wedding dress, young lady? Now, Sherman, you can wear a white tuxedo. (to Carla, Stage Whisper) 'Cause you know Sherman- Sherman has never had relations.
      Anna: Mama, you gonna embarrass my baby.
      Grandma: I hope you got a strong back. When you get all that man, and release all that that's been built up for 35 years, just wantin' and wantin' and wantin', WOOOOOO!!! Might make your head blow off.
      Ernie: Pop goes the weasel!
      Grandma: I got my own self hot tellin' that story.
      Ernie: (to Carla) Pop goes the weasel, 'cause the weasel say "pop!"
    • Then:
      Grandma: Yeah, I know a wonderful church down there on Main Street, but they won't marry you if you're a lesbian. Not that I have anything against lesbians. I love lesbians. There's nothing wrong with a little bingo. A little cunnilingus ain't never hurt nobody. (at this point, Sherman is threatening to slit his wrist... with a butter knife.)
    • Finally, Cletus argues with Anna about weddings, and farts. The look on Sherman and Carla's faces can't be described.
      Grandma: There you go again, poppin' off gas in front of this lovely young lady. I hope your ass turn into a frog!
  • Buddy explaining Layman's Terms, aka "Explaining to Rich White Dummies".
    Buddy: Is this the "Nice Ass Section"?


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