Can I sit here?
If you feel like it.
Someone barfed there fourth period.
Hi, Dawn. Sorry to bother you.
But we were just wondering, are you a lesbian?
- Well, are you? - No.
Liar. She made a pass at me.
Lesbo, lesbo, lesbo
Lesbo, lesbo
Fag! You're a faggot! Aren't you?
"I'm a faggot." Admit it. Say it.
You look beautiful in this suit, Troy.
- Look, get over here. - Where the hell you going?
You fuckin' faggot. You're a faggot, aren't you, Troy-boy?
Aren't you?
Admit it. Say, "I'm a faggot." Say it.
- Say it, faggot. Say it! - Say it.
- I'm a faggot. - Why don't you leave him alone?
Hey, guys, watch out. It's the Wienerdog!
It's dogface.
You guys are such jerks.
What's the matter, ugly? You like faggots?
Let's get out of here. Her face is killing me.
Are you all right, Troy?
Leave me alone, Wienerdog.
Hey, that didn't sound too much like "Satisfaction."
- Yeah, what's the matter, do you think? - I don't know.
It says B-flat. I'm just playing what it says.
Play me an "A."
- This is bad. - Yeah, we sound like shit.
- I knew this band was gonna suck. - What does "suck" mean?
Missy, go play with Dawn.
We've just got to practice more. Hell, it's our first time.
What do you think the Stones sounded like the first time they practiced?
Yeah.
I'm gonna close the garage door so we can get some privacy.
Let's take it from the top.
A one and a two and a one, two, three, four!
Toss-up question: Spell the word "satellite. "
S-a-t-e-l-l-i-t-e.
Correct. 20 points.
You're not supposed to drink in the TV room.
- Drop dead, lesbo. - Riverdale has 200.
- London is located along which river? - Mommy, Dawn called me "Iesbo."
- Hold on, Rita. - The Thames.
Oh, Dawn!
Dawn, I want to speak to you right now.
Stupid.
Tattletale.
- What did you call your sister? - She was bothering me!
I don't care what she was doing. Now are you going to apologize?
- Apologize or you're punished. - But Mom, she was bothering me!
- That's it! Go to your room! - She's such a little brat!
I don't want to hear it! Go!
- American Revolution. - That's correct. You got all 40 points.
Toss-up: What organism is--
I love her little profile. Let's go to the phones.
- Hi, Missy. Is Dawn home? - She can't play. She's punished.
- Mrs. Grissom? - Yes, Dawn?
- Brandon's trying to copy my answers. - You lie!
You were too, and you know it!
Quiet!
Dawn, Brandon, you can see me here at 3:00.
I'm giving you both detention.
Oh, hi.
You didn't come in here to wash your hands.
Y-Yes, I did.
You came in here to take a shit.
N-No. Really. I don't have to go.
- My hands were dirty, that's all. - Liar.
I can smell you from here.
- Please let me go. - First...
take a shit.
- But I'll be late for Science. - Well, you're not leaving until you do.
You know, Lolita, me and my neighbor are starting this new club.
And if you want, you can be vice president.
Fuck you.
And I really wasn't the one who was cheating. I'm innocent.
I know. You're always innocent.
- And Brandon's always guilty. - But Brandon was--
You stay away from Brandon. He's mine.
- Got it? - Of course, but--
But shit.
Now, go on.
Leave it. I want to make sure you shit.
I want to see it with my own eyes.
Why do you hate me?
Because you're ugly.
M-Mrs. Grissom, I'm finished.
Let me see.
Mrs. Grissom, can I take a retest?
But I know I could have done better if none of this had happened.
- I was nervous. - I said no, Dawn !
But Mrs. Grissom, I really wasn't the one who was cheating...
and if I could just redo this test--
Just once. Please?
- I'm better than a D-minus. - Stop grade grubbing!
Don't you have any dignity?
Now...
I want you to write a 100-word essay...
on the subject of dignity and hand it in to me by Friday.
You're excused.
She's got it so easy.
She'll always have it easy.
Maybe she'll die.
You don't know what it's like.
- What? - Junior high.
-Do you think anyone will join our club? -I don't want anyone to join.
I want to be popular.
So I think I may have swung a pretty good deal with Steve Rodgers today.
- I think we got him. - Who's Steve Rodgers?
Steve Rodgers is only one of the most popular guys in class.
We get him, we'll get invited to play everywhere:
sweet sixteens, school dances, maybe even a gig on the road.
- What does he play? - Guitar, a little.
But mainly, he sings. But that's not the point.
The point is, it's just exactly what I needed for my college resume.
With this kind of extracurricular activity, I'm gonna have it made.
Maybe not the Big Three, but an lvy at least.
Well, we'll have to see about those SATs.
Mommy, could I join Mark's band?
- Oh, sweetheart. - I'm serious.
And I think you should send Dawn to a reformatory.
She's always bothering me.
Honey, you don't mean that. Dawn loves you.
No matter what she does, she's your sister.
Dawn, tell Missy that you're sorry for bothering her and that you love her.
- I'm not sorry. - Stop acting like a baby.
You're her older sister, and Missy loves you.
- She does not. - She does. Tell her you love her.
- I love you. - You do not!
- I do too. - You do not!
You are not leaving this table until you tell your sister that you love her!
Go to bed.
...this stupid doll.
Sweet candy from a baby
I know you're Daddy's girl but it don't worry me
Won't you give me some sweet candy
Well, Dawn is very musical.
Yeah. No, I know. No, she's going.
I told her she'll have a fabulous time.
What kid doesn't want to go to Disney World?
Right.
- Yes. - Let's get a little wild
Let's get a little crazy
Well, bump it up, sugar Let me in
You see, I know you're Mama 's pearl
You're a pearl from the ocean of tears
I'm gonna steal that pearl when she don't see
Won't you give me some sweet candy
Gonna take candy from a baby
Sweet candy from a baby
"Dignity.
Dignity is an important quality everyone should have.
- Louder. - That way, you will never grade grub.
- Grade grubbing is bad... - I said, "Louder"!
because it means you're asking for a grade you shouldn't get.
Because if you got it, it wouldn't be fair to everyone who didn't grade grub.
We can't hear you!
It doesn't matter whether you're a girl or a boy...
man or a child, rich or poor, fat or thin.
You should never be a grade grubber.
Therefore, dignity is a good quality everyone should have."
Thank you.
I am here to talk to you today...
about the dangers of talking to strangers.
For l, Mary Ellen Moriarty...
once talked to strangers...
and that is how I became the innocent victim of a brutal kidnapping.
Almost one year ago, I was a carefree teenager...
memorizing my lines for Hello, Dolly-- I was supposed to play Dolly--
when one day...
a day that I will never forget--
I was walking home from rehearsal.
I'd missed my car pool.
And I was waiting at the street corner for the light to change.
All of a sudden a dark car pulled up beside me...
and a big man stepped out.
He was older...
and good looking.
And, um--
And he had a tattoo on his chest.
And then the next thing I know, he, um--
Students, I'm telling you this story--
Now what exactly did you do, Dawn?
- I shot a spitball. - Speak up. I can't hear you.
I shot a spitball.
- You shot a what? - She shot a spitball.
- A teacher was almost blinded. - I was fighting back.
Whoever told you to fight back?
Dawn, are you having social problems?
Yes. She's got no friends.
- I've got friends. - Who?
Ralphy.
Case closed. She's a loner.
Dawn, let me put it to you straight. We're not here to get you.
But you've got to understand, you're in junior high now.
This goes in the computer on your record.
Couple of years, this kind of incident goes on your college transcript.
Any questions?
Were you playing with my dolls?
How's it going?
How come you got here so late?
I don't know. Am I late?
Well, never mind. Come on in.
-Is that your Computer Science notebook? -What?
Yeah.
- Are you Mark's sister? - Yeah.
- You in junior high? - Yeah.
- Ben Frank? - Yeah.
You like it?
Yeah, Ben Frank's pretty bad.
- You went there too? - Oh, yeah.
- I was almost expelled. - Really?
Why?
- I hated it. - Oh, God. Me too.
Well, don't worry. It's only three years.
Steve--
Out.
So did you get started on the chapter?
It's real important to focus on it if you want--
"Dear Mark, I thought long and hard...
over what we discussed at camp and talked about it with my mother.
She agrees with me: Sex is an important thing to experiment with...
before marriage, but only if there is a serious commitment on both ends.
This is my third letter to you, and I'm going to assume...
that you do not want to continue our relationship...
if I do not hear back from you within ten days.
Sincerely, Your (ex-?) girlfriend...
Naomi Hayes-Blatt.
P.S. I'm getting hooked up to E-mail for my birthday.
I'll let you know my address as soon as it happens. "
Yeah?
- What are you doing? - Computer Science.
Is Steve good at Computer Science?
He's fair. He's definitely in the bottom quarter of the class...
but he doesn't fail.
- Why do you think that is? - Simple:
Because he's lazy. All he thinks about is girls.
Do you think about girls?
Are you kidding? I want to get into a good school.
My future's, like, important.
Besides, none of the girls at school are that pretty anyway.
What about Maria Esposito?
Gross.
- Steve went out with her once. - Yeah, well, Steve is horny.
Really?
- How horny? - He'd go out with anyone...
as long as it was a girl and willing.
Willing to do what exactly?
Go all the way.
You mean, have intercourse?
Duh !
Why? Are you in love with him or something?
But, Mark, when you say he'd go out with any girl...
as long as they're willing to go all the way...
does that mean they have to also be pretty?
You know Tammy Steinfeld, from car pool?
- Yeah. - Do you think she's pretty?
Not that pretty really.
Dawn, she's a dog, and he did it with her.
Has he ever done it with anyone younger than high school?
- You know Ginger Friedman? - She used to be in my gym class.
Well, why not ask her about Steve?
Be back in a second. Don't move.
um, Ginger? Can I talk to you for a second?
It's about Steve Rodgers.
We gotta talk.
So what do you know about me and Steve? First, tell me who told you I knew him.
- My brother. - Who's your brother?
- Mark Wiener. - Him? He's king of the nerds.
I know, but he told me you used to go out with Steve. Is it true?
We fingerfucked. Once, last spring.
That's it. It's all over now.
What else?
Well, I was wondering if I might have a chance...
if he wanted to go steady with me?
- Not a chance. - But--
Sorry, Dawn, but that's just the way it is.
- You don't cut it. - What if I wore something--
Dawn, look in the mirror.
We fingerfucked. Once, last spring.
That's it. It's all over now.
- What are you doing in there? - None of your business!
- Is Mark around? - No. My mom took him shopping.
Shit.
He'll be back real soon, I'm pretty sure.
If you want, you can come inside and wait.
- You have anything to eat? - Yeah. Follow me.
You like Yodels?
Yeah, sure. What else you got?
Ring Dings, Pop-Tarts, Hawaiian Punch.
Whatever you want. We've got some leftovers too, in the fridge.
- Yeah? Like what? - We've got some fish sticks.
All right.
- I know how to make Jell-O. - Whatever.
You know, I really like your music.
I'm pouring you some Hawaiian Punch. Is that all right?
- Whatever. - Here I come.
You're not hungry?
You know, I play the piano.
Oh, yeah?
Yeah, that's pretty good.
I could have kept going, but I sprained my finger yesterday.
Yeah, well, you're still better than Barry any day, that's for sure.
- You think so? - Oh, yeah.
He ought to be taking lessons from you.
Yeah, well, I don't think I have time to give lessons to Barry...
but you want to see my fingers?
Yeah, I see 'em.
Shit. I gotta get going.
Please wait. Can I play it for you one more time?
This time with no mistakes. Please?
- We're home! - We're home!
Where were you?
Getting groceries with my mom and sister.
- Do you know what time it is? - Yeah.
Do you know what time you told me to be here?
- What? - I've been waiting a half an hour.
- What about the problems? - We'll get to them now.
No, we won't. I've been here--
Hear me. You will fall in love with me.
You will make love to me.
You will take me away from this place.
Love's a confusing thing
In my suburban home
I feel so alone
I walk through sterile rooms
There's voices in my head
Or coming from the phone
I got a blow-up doll and she looks like you
Little girl
Well, the two of us have made a special world
Little girl
So welcome to the dollhouse
- I got it all set up for you - I got it all set up for you
Hey, Steve, I think your singing was a little flat that time.
Barry, why don't you play an "A" for Steve.
You got that, Steve?
Fuck this shit.
- What's got into him? - He can't take criticism.
- Great. There goes the band. Shit. - Wait!
What do you want?
- You can't just go. - Why not?
- The band needs you. - Tough, I quit.
And you can tell your shitface brother that I'd rather fail Computer Science...
than get any more help from him!
I can't believe he just quit.
Well, he did, shitface.
She's just lucky she's a girl.
- Yeah. - Yeah.
Do you think I'll get into the Hummingbirds next year?
Boys always get in.
Do you think they'll go on a trip to Disney World next year also?
I don't know! Maybe. It depends.
- On what? - Hey, dogface.
- Drop dead! - Let's go.
What's the matter, faggot? ln a hurry to run home to Mommy?
- Shut up. - Make me, lesbo.
- You think you're so cool. - You think you're hot shit...
but you're just cold diarrhea.
- Ooh ! Listen to this faggot. - Shut up.
- Shut up, you assholes. - Yeah, shut up.
Man, if I were you, faggot, I'd be shitting in my pants.
'Cause when you go to junior high, man, I'm gonna smash...
that little fairy face of yours into a mushy pulp.
At least he won't stay back a year.
Retard.
- Hey, Wiener. - What do you want?
You better get ready 'cause at 3:00 today, I'm going to rape you.
Forget that ugly bitch.
Bug off.
You want to come over to my house tonight?
Just get the fuck away from me, okay?
Oh, come on.
Get the fuck off.
Nice try, bitch.
- No, I was trying to meet you. - Don't bullshit me, you ugly fuck!
- I'm sorry. - Sorry for shit!
- So you still think I'm a retard? - No, you're not a retard.
Please stop. You're hurting me.
Now strip.
Strip.
Bitch.
Now, listen. When your sister gets here, let me do...
the talking, but back me up whatever l--
Oh, Dawn! Come join us.
We need your help.
- We're having a party. - What for?
Mom and Dad's 20th, dinghead.
I was talking with your dad, and we thought...
it would be a great idea if this year...
we celebrated our anniversary in the backyard.
We could set up tables, and there'd be dancing.
Mark's band is gonna be the music. Your brother...
has even promised to write a song special for us.
It's our 20th, you know.
What do you think, if we all pitch in together?
Mom wants you to tear down your clubhouse.
But that's the Special People Club!
Oh, honey, I know.
But we really need the space.
And, besides, it's not really very pretty, is it?
And you're getting a little old for clubhouses.
Whom may I say is calling, please?
Certainly. Hold on a moment. Dawn.
It's for you.
Hey, ugly.
- Why'd you hurry off like that? - I-l was in a rush.
- Fuck you were. Tomorrow. - Really, l--
Same time, same place.
You get raped. Be there.
So, who is this Brandon?
Just this kid from school.
Is he a nice boy?
Yeah, he's okay.
- You alone? - Yeah.
- What time do you have to be home by? - 4:30.
Wait. I have something I want you to do for me first.
Come on. This way.
And don't try anything stupid.
Do you want me to lie down?
- You want a smoke first? - No, thanks.
- Afraid? - No, I just don't feel like it.
But I think marijuana should be legalized.
Why do you always have to be such a cunt?
I'm sorry.
Brandon, I don't mean to be a cunt.
You know I've got a brother?
No, I never knew that. What grade's he in?
He's not in any grade.