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- Ralphie's brutal beat down of Scut Farkus.
- Not only does he finally stand up to the little asshole who'd been bullying him and his friends every time he appeared on screen, he gets away with it! No heavy-handed moral about the evils of violence, no forced lesson about understanding the bully's point of view. The worst that happens is Grover Dill threatening to tell his dad, but nothing even comes of it. This is an example of a protagonist dishing out revenge after the bully pushes him too far, and it's presented as not necessarily okay, but understandable to a point where there's no need for him to face punishment for it.