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  • When Joey makes a misogynistic joke about Kat that isn't worth repeating, Mr. Morgan says, "Someday you're gonna get bitch-slapped, and I'm not gonna do a thing to stop it." Wipes the smirk right off the asshole's face.
  • "THAT'S FOR MAKING MY DATE BLEED! THAT'S FOR MY SISTER! And that's for me!" This one quote is both a Moment of Awesome and completely Trope Overdosed as well as signifying that over the course of the movie that Bianca has grown up and grew a pair of ovaries.
    • The outtakes feature Joseph Gordon-Levitt popping back up after Joey's punch and saying "What, are you kidding me?"
  • Right before she leaves with Cameron, Bianca completely blows away her father and her date by sounding like a lawyer in the making when she explains how her going to the prom is entirely within the guidelines set at the beginning of the film. Cameron is visibly stunned in the best way possible, and even her father, played by noted Deadpan Snarker comedian Larry Miller, is speechless.
  • Mr Morgan rapping Shakespeare. Yes, really. Even Kat is impressed.
  • Patrick singing to Kat to make up for rejecting her in the car. Also serves as a CMoF.
    • The precise moment where this went into full-on CMOA of course is when the marching band joins in on cue.
  • Kat one-upping Joey when he parks his car right behind hers, preventing her from driving away. So she reverses right into the car and gives a wonderfully sarcastic "oops".
  • Letters to Cleo's awesome cover of "I Want You To Want Me", performed on the school roof over the end credits. Supposedly it was all done in one take, as it cost them $500,000 every time the helicopter took off.

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