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1* Thornton recites "Do not go gentle into that good night" from memory as part of his English final. What does that poem mean to him? It means ''he don't take shit from '''nobody!'''''
2* Thorn and Diane return from their date to find Phillip waxing his tiny roadster in preparation to take her out for the evening:
3-->'''Phillip:''' ''I don't believe this!''
4-->'''Diane:''' ''Perhaps it's a dream... Goodnight, Phillip!''
5-->'''Thorn:''' ''Hey, nice job! How much do you charge for'' big ''cars?''
6** Dr. Barbay, you just got '''got.'''
7* The Triple Lindy dive he pulls off that wins the competition for his school.
8* Thornton turning the tables on Dr. Barbay in his first class, pointing out all kinds of practical concerns that his lesson plan for building a theoretical business leaves out and showing he really does know his stuff in his chosen field. You can see several kids sitting behind Thorn taking notes while he's explaining.
9* While also a funny moment, Thornton impressing ShellShockedVeteran Professor Turgeson with a rant about UsefulNotes/TheKoreanWar is pretty cool. It's even cooler realizing that Thornton only attracts the professor's hostile attention in the first place by telling him off for screaming in the face of a student whose opinion about UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar the professor disliked.
10* When Chaz tries to make Jason and Derek let him join them in the registration line, Derek mockingly asks him to get a note from every single person in line behind them saying it's ok, "but until that day, take a hike, you elitist fraternity scumbag."
11* Thornton catches his wife cheating on him. The marriage is so awful that Thornton is all but ecstatic over it and serves her divorce papers he had in his pocket. When his wife threatens to take him to the cleaners, he happily also hands her many pictures of her caught in the act of cheating.
12-->''Okay, now this one I can't figure out: There's you, there's Giorgio, but what's with the midget? Hey, where ya going? I got more!''
13* It may have been unscrupulous and ultimately unsuccessful, but Thornton hiring Creator/KurtVonnegut to write his paper ''about'' Kurt Vonnegut is richly audacious.
14* During a bar fight, Lou wipes the floor with some jocks about to beat up Derek.
15--> '''Thornton:''' I never get physical. I get upset. When I get upset, he gets physical.

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