Why didnt Benny get sick?
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liquidchaoss — 11 years ago(May 04, 2014 06:57 AM)
The scene where they ride that one ride while they were chewing tobacco. They showed everyone riding on that ride and getting sick and then throwing up except Benny. Is it because Benny never took it? Perhaps they didn't want his character doing something "bad" like that because he is suppose to be goody goody? Thoughts?
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liquidchaoss — 11 years ago(May 04, 2014 06:58 AM)
OK I just went back to the scene where they were passing out the chew and it definitely shows Benny taking some and putting it in his mouth. So he did take the chew, but they don't show him even riding the ride at all or getting sick just everyone else. I wonder why?
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melco92 — 11 years ago(May 05, 2014 11:35 PM)
Maybe I'm looking too much into it, but since Benny was the cool one of the group, him not getting sick like the others is another example of his superiority over them.
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Aniki21 — 10 years ago(April 12, 2015 03:06 PM)
This always weirdly stuck out to me as well. Maybe it was because he was supposed to be the cool, cute one as the actor was being pushed as a teen idol at the time so maybe they didn't want to use him in a gross out humor scene. Interestingly enough though Kenny (the team pitcher) also disappears from the scene.
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volkstraum — 10 years ago(January 03, 2016 01:38 AM)
It could have been that Benny was smart enough to spit, the rest all were swallowing their saliva mixed with the tobacco, making them sick.
This. I don't know why nobody gets this. The kids chew and swallow the product, and only spit once the ride is moving. Benny either isn't swallowing it or his portion was small, since there is no focus on his barfing.
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