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{{quote|''"...Mr. Madison, what you've just said is [[Stupidest Thing IveI've Ever Heard|one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard.]] At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."''|'''The Principal''' }}
 
''Billy Madison'' is a 1995 Comedy film starring [[Adam Sandler]] as a rich [[Inadequate Inheritor|slacker]] who must go [[Back to School|back to school]], starting with first grade, all the way through high school, in order to inherit his father's company. He falls in love with Veronica Vaughn (Bridgette Wilson), his beautiful teacher, along the way. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. ▼
 
▲'''''Billy Madison''''' is a 1995 Comedy film starring [[Adam Sandler]] as a rich [[Inadequate Inheritor|slacker]] who must go [[Back to School|back to school]], starting with first grade, all the way through high school, in order to inherit his father's company. He falls in love with Veronica Vaughn (Bridgette Wilson), his beautiful teacher, along the way. [[Hilarity Ensues]].
 
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* [[Adult Child]]: Billy.
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Billy purposefully initiates such an experience with his teacher Veronica, blaming the accident on a bumpy bus ride in the hope that she'll think it's this. Of course, he's just being a regular pervert.
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* [[Author Appeal]]: Adam Sandler is a huge [[Professional Wrestling]] fan in [[Real Life]].
* [[Back to School]]: The basic premise. Hell, he even sings a little song about it.
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: Ahahahahahaha--'''SHUT UP!!!!!'''
* [[Brick Joke]]: During the bus ride to the farm, the bus driver throws a [[Banana Peel|banana peel]] out the window and onto the highway. Much later in the film, a car driven by the [[Jerkass]] O'Doyle family veers off course after going over the peel and plunges over a cliff.
** "Hey, kids, it's me! I bet you thought that I was dead! But when I fell over I just broke my leg and got a hemorrhage in my head!"
* [[Can't Get Away With Nuthin|Can't Get Away Withwith Nuthin']]: The moderator of the Academic Decathlon suggests that Billy's soul deserves to be damned to Hell for giving a blatantly incorrect answer. Billy even does a [[Lampshade Hanging]], pointing out that the moderator's reaction was a bit excessive.
** Then again, Billy's answer really was just that stupid.
*** (FYI, "may God have mercy on your soul" is traditionally what a judge says when sentencing someone to death.)
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* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: "The Puppy Who Lost His Way".
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Aforementioned classmate, who had become a real gunman in meantime. He's seen crossing Billy off of a hit list after they make peace.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Billy most of the time, but practically every character in the movie during the bizarre [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]] where they're all singing or dancing. ("Do you have any more gum, more gum, more gum, more gum, more gum, more gum?")
** Do you have any more '''''gum?'''''
** Billy's first grade teacher indulges in some rather odd habits when her class is outside playing dodgeball.
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* [[Disney Death]]: The clown at Billy's party, who comes back to life just to take part in a musical number.
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]
* [[Everythings Better With Penguins|Everything's Better Withwith Penguins]]: There's a giant penguin, whose status as real or just a figment of Billy's imagination is unclear, but a nemesis of Billy nonetheless.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: We're suckered into thinking we're going to see Veronica Vaughn strip herself to the waist, but instead the one performing the striptease is the disgustingly fat male bus driver. Played by Chris Farley. Ick.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in the [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene|musical scene]]:
{{quote| ''"Veronica, I thank you/[[Comedic Sociopathy|for beating the shit out of me!]]"''}}
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: "He just called the shit 'poop'!"
* [[Ha Ha Ha No]]: "Ahahahahahaha ''shut up!''"
* [[Having a Gay Old Time]]: In-universe: Veronica has to teach her class with a short story called "My Sister Fanny," and just lets them all giggle a bit and get it out of their system first. Billy doesn't get it, but then it turns out the story is on page 69 of their book.
* [[Hot Teacher]]: Veronica Vaughn
* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: Billy's tutor's way of motivating him.
* [[Inadequate Inheritor]]: Part of the main plot.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Billy and the kids from Veronica's class.
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* [[Jerkass]]: The villain, but also Billy, especially in the beginning of the film.
** And the entire O'Doyle clan.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Billy, to an extent.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: The incident where Billy grabs Veronica's breast. For an adult man, that's sexual assault and she could have easily reported him to the police.
** Shit, even Billy realizes this. So, natch, he requires a double-dare before he'll go through with it.
** But he still got away with it. That's the point.
* [[Laser -Guided Karma]]: The entire O'Doyle family. They drive off a cliff, chanting their [[Catch Phrase]] all the while.
{{quote| ''"[[Foreshadowing|O'Doyle, I got a feeling]] [[Lampshade Hanging|your whole family's going down.]]"''}}
* [[Last -Minute Hookup]]: Virtually all the characters at the end of the movie.
* [[Large Ham]]: Adam Sandler doesn't merely chew scenery; he eats this movie ''alive.''
* [[Man Child]]: Billy Madison, of course.
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** Billy sure loves his Snack Pack. He would trade his remaining banana for a kid's remaining Snack Pack.
* [[Reason You Suck Speech]]: Billy is on the receiving end of a legendary one after giving an stupid answer during the academic decathalon at the end.
{{quote| '''Principal''': Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul. <br />
'''Billy''': Okay, a simple "wrong" would have been fine. }}
* [[Retired Badass]]: If we may describe it as [[Professional Wrestling|badass]], {{spoiler|the principal (formerly known as The Revolting Blob)}}.
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* [[Running Gag]]: See [[Catch Phrase]].
* [[Sadist Teacher]]: Averted, rather surprisingly.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: How Billy's Dad got him to pass at first, which Mr. Madison came to regret. Later, Eric blackmailed a principal into claiming Billy invoked the trope as well.
* [[Shaggy Frog Story]]: Billy's comparison of the Industrial Revolution to "The Puppy Who Lost His Way" is suggested to be one. The page quote is the Principal's response to the screed.
* [[Stern Teacher]]: Veronica, at least to Billy.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Parodied by Chris Farley.
* [[Star -Making Role]]: [[Adam Sandler]].
* [[Toilet Humour]]: Of course.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Billy spends most of the episode trying to gain his father's approval.
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{{quote| ''[[The Stinger|O'Doyle rules!!!!]]''}}
 
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[[Category:Films of the 1990s]]
[[Category:Billy Madison]]
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