Ben is forced to make an important decision when he has to choose between cheating on his upcoming science exam or trying to actually study for it.Ben is forced to make an important decision when he has to choose between cheating on his upcoming science exam or trying to actually study for it.Ben is forced to make an important decision when he has to choose between cheating on his upcoming science exam or trying to actually study for it.
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- TriviaAn early draft of the script ends with Ben extorting the reward-money which Vito's and Stinky's parents gave them for acing the science exam (on which both cheated). Specifically, Ben threatens to give a copy of Vito's cheat-sheets not only to their science teacher, but also to the principal *and* to the school newspaper. He doesn't even worry about being taken down with Stinky and Vito, since Ben - as he himself points out - is already grounded, with nothing to do but study for a test he's already flunked. For Ben, according to himself, getting thrown out of school would be progress. "Call this blackmail, but at least it's honest," he says. Both Vito and Stinky resignedly fork over the money. All of this prompts Ben's comment (to himself) on how he just made a fistful of cash in less than a minute...and without working! Perhaps he spoke too soon, Ben thinks aloud, when he called honesty the best policy but the worst game plan: "This could very well be the start of an exciting new career."
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[as Ben studies, visions of his friends and family appear before him]
Vito Paducci: Ben, what are you doing sitting up studying? You've got the answer sheet in your pocket. Doesn't that bed look mighty comfortable?
Ben Seaver: [scoffs] I can't cheat, Vito, they're onto me!
Vito Paducci: You're not thinking. You don't have to get them all right; just make sure you get a couple wrong.
Ben Seaver: Well, how do I do that?
Vito Paducci: Just be yourself.
Mike Seaver: They're witches, Ben, they're witches!
Maggie Malone Seaver: [evilly] Ben, you bring home another D in Science, you'll see a side of me you have never seen before!
Carol Seaver: [shown in a kangaroo suit] Ben, if I hadn't mentioned it before, let me mention it now: you're a real disappointment to me and the other marsupials.
Vito Paducci: [more visions freak out Ben] Come on, Ben, cheat!
Stinky Sullivan: Yeah, Ben, cheat!
Dr. Jason Seaver: Of course it's not okay to cheat!
Vito Paducci: Hey, who will know?
Mike Seaver: They are witches, Ben!
Stinky Sullivan: What else can we do?
Carol Seaver: [a realistic kangaroo is shown] Marsupial! Marsupial!
Maggie Malone Seaver: [in the style of the Wicked Witch of the West] ... and your little dog, too! AH, HA, HA, HA, HA!
- ConnectionsReferences The Wizard of Oz (1939)
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