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Can you identify these sitcoms by their school bully?
Meet us on the schoolyard and try to pass this test of TV trivia.
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Bullies — they're a rite of passage we all must face at some point. No wonder these scrappy characters are such regulars on sitcoms with children. Every family sitcom at some point dealt with the issue, typically in a "very special episode."
A bully plot offered the parents a moment to shine. We saw a mother give her boy boxing lessons. We saw a father take his son fishing and explain how he overcame his own tormentor as a boy. In other cases, the young main characters summoned their own courage to confront the school bully.
These episodes stick out in our memory. So, we put together a quiz to see how well you can remember. We throw some clues in there in the questions and images. See if you can get 10 or more correct. Good luck!
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Buddy Hinton picks on a girl because of her lisp in "A Fistful of Reason" on which sitcom?
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Sheldon here picks on a boy in a classic episode about parenting.
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The bullies look straight out of 'Grease.' Well, one is.
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Miss Bliss has a word with Deke Simmons here on which teen sitcom?
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Sonny Cartwright was a year older than his victims, in the fifth grade.
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Chunky Langley, on the left, give a couple shiners to the boy on the right in which sitcom?
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Arnold gets cocky after karate lessons and challenges his perpetual bully. What's the name of the bully who repeatedly turned up on 'Diff'rent Strokes'?
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John Wilson has a word with Gifford Kelly here, who gave a young fellow a black eye on which show?
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A bully has got Chip in a headlock here.
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Sporting a red mullet and military jacket, young Seth Green played a memorable bully, picking on the main character here on which sitcom?
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Moose McGurk here called her victims "hog warts" — years before Harry Potter ever existed.
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This bully is picking on a girl with special abilities on which superhero show? This episode was meant to lead to a spin-off.
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A girl steals poor Jody's sandwich here. Because her sandwich was nothing but yucky sardines. Also, she likes him.
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A bully's dad turns out to be an even bigger bully in "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," an episode of…?
Can you identify these sitcoms by their school bully?
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9 Comments
13/14
11 out of 14, but That girl didn't like Jody. She was a bully.
13/14
10/14 Never did like bullies.
12 out of 14
Nice work! You stood up to the challenge! Nothing phases you.
Nice work! You stood up to the challenge! Nothing phases you.
13/14! missed number 6 which did me in.
Can you identify these sitcoms by their school bully?
12 out of 14
Nice work! You stood up to the challenge! Nothing phases you.
Just guessed most of them
12 out of 14
Nice work! You stood up to the challenge! Nothing phases you.
Just guessed most of them
Most were just lucky guesses. But some were recognizable.
13 out of 14
Nice work! You stood up to the challenge! Nothing phases you.
Nice work! You stood up to the challenge! Nothing phases you.