Lou Romano credited as playing...
Bernie Kropp
- Principal: I appreciate you coming down here, Mrs. Parr.
- [Mrs. Parr looks at Dash]
- Helen: What is this about? Has Dash done something wrong?
- Bernie Kropp: He's a disruptive influence and he openly mocks me in front of the class.
- Dash: He says.
- Bernie Kropp: [to Dash] Look, I know it's you!
- [to Helen]
- Bernie Kropp: He puts thumbtacks on my stool.
- Helen: You saw him do this?
- Bernie Kropp: Well, not real... No, actually not.
- Helen: Then, how do you know it was him?
- Bernie Kropp: I hid a camera.
- [has the videotape, Dash gasps and looks at Helen, glaring at him]
- Bernie Kropp: And this time I got him.
- [Plays the videotape of Bernie goes back into the chair. Dash puts a tack on his chair while he's sitting down. Bernie screams and students laugh]
- Bernie Kropp: See? You see?
- [Helen, Dash and Principal squinting their eyes, while Bernie rolls his eyes]
- Bernie Kropp: What, you don't see it?
- [groans, rewinds the tape]
- Bernie Kropp: He moves! Right there! Wait, wait... Right there! Right as I'm sitting down! I don't know, I don't know how he does it. But, there's no tack on my stool before he moves and after he moves, there's a tack! Coincidence? I think not!
- Principal: Uh... Bernie?
- Bernie Kropp: Don't "Bernie" me! This little rat is guilty!
- Principal: You and your son may go now, Mrs. Parr. I'm sorry for the trouble.
- [Helen and Dash leaving the Principal's Office, Bernie is in clear shocked]
- Bernie Kropp: You're letting him go again? He's guilty! You can see it in his smug little face. Guilty, I say! Guilty! Guilty! No!
- Principal: I appreciate you coming down here, Mrs. Parr.
- Helen Parr: Has Dash done something wrong?
- Bernie Kropp: Uh, he's a disruptive influence, and he openly mocks me in front of the class.
- Dashiell 'Dash' Parr: He says.
- Bernie Kropp: Look, I know it's you! He puts thumbtacks on my stool!
- Helen Parr: You saw him do this?
- Bernie Kropp: Well-- No, actually no.
- Helen Parr: Oh... then how do you know it was him?
- Bernie Kropp: I hid a camera and this time I've got him.
- [Turns the video on. Dash is seen moving fast like a race car and as Bernie sits down, he stands in pain]
- Bernie Kropp: See? You don't see?
- [Rewinds the video]
- Bernie Kropp: He moves, right there! Right there, right as I'm sitting down! I don't know how he does it but there's no tack on my stool before he moves and after he moves, there's a tack. Coincidence? I think NOT!
- Principal: Uh, Bernie?
- Bernie Kropp: Don't "Bernie" me. THIS LITTLE RAT IS GUILTY!