Top 10 Times Movie Bullies Celebrated Too Early

Top 10 Times Movie Bullies Celebrated Too Early

Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Times Movie Bullies Celebrated Too Early.

For this list, we’ll be looking at tormentors from movies who really should have held off on their touchdown dance. This entails a few spoilers.

Who’s your favorite movie jerk who celebrated too early? Sound off in the comments.

#10: John Kreese

“The Karate Kid” (1984)
Of all the villains in this 80s classic, Sensei Kreese is the worst. We mean, any grown man who picks on teenagers has issues. His students were already beaten by an old man, and Daniel fought every single round of the tournament himself to reach the end while Cobra Kai got to divide the fights between different students. So, where on Earth did this guy summon all this unearned confidence? In the final match of the tournament, he has no doubt that Johnny will beat Daniel. He assumes the trophy is already his. Nevertheless, Daniel wins the match even in spite of Cobra Kai’s cheating.

#9: Scut Farkus

“A Christmas Story” (1983)
Scut is the perfect representation of a classic schoolyard jerk. He revels in taunting and tormenting Ralphie and his friends every chance he gets. Whether it be physically subduing them until they submit by saying “uncle,” or commanding them around like dogs, Scut takes a particular joy in tearing them down. But one day he pushes Ralphie too far. Scut throws a snowball in Ralphie’s face, laughing like a villain, and tells Ralphie to come to him. Well, Ralphie comes at him alright. Scut isn’t laughing so much anymore while Ralphie lays him out in front of everybody.

#8: Gaston

“Beauty and the Beast” (1991)
We all cheered when Gaston got what he deserved when fighting the Beast. But we’re talking about a lesser recognized but still iconic moment of Gaston falling flat on his face. Literally. Gaston fancies himself the handsomest, most desirable man in town. And with all the women in town fawning over him it’s easy to see how his head got so big. He is so confident that Belle will accept his marriage proposal he stages the wedding outside her house before even asking. Belle rejects him so hard that he faceplants out of her house and into a pool of mud. Guess he shouldn’t have invited the townspeople to watch.

#7: Draco Malfoy

“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (2004)
Those of us who saw this movie in the theater probably still remember the cheer that roared across the audience when Hermione punched Draco in the face. Draco is a ruthless Slytherin from pretty much the second he meets the golden trio and Harry rejects his friendship. For whatever reason it makes him feel big to make others feel small. He is particularly proud of himself for getting Hagrid in trouble and his Hippogriff, Buckbeak, put to death. He even scouts the perfect location for a viewing with his goons. But Hermione knocks that smirk right off of his face. In Ron’s words, it was brilliant.

#6: “Lucky” Patrick Murray

“Here Comes the Boom” (2012)
Yes, this one is a legitimate MMA fight, but Scott’s opponent is a total jerk about it. He's obnoxious, he's disrespectful, and totally gets what he deserves. “Lucky” is so unsportsmanlike as he taunts Scott around the ring and purposefully humiliates him. He laughs and throws his arms up in triumph when he thinks he's about to win the match, but, having had enough, Scott swings wildly and lays him out with one monster punch. And to add insult to injury, Scott ralphs up his applesauce all over the guy. Maybe next time he’ll think twice about celebrating before the match is over.

#5: Regina George

“Mean Girls” (2004)
Regina George is a mean girl to her own friends. She strategically manipulates and puts them down in order to stay on top. She even keeps a book full of insults about peers and faculty. And for whatever reason, everyone still loves her. But when she starts to lose that power, she makes her most maniacal move of all and spreads the Burn Book pages throughout the school. She stands smiling as she watches chaos ensue. Little did she know Janis was about to dethrone her once and for all. The same crowd that once aspired to be like Regina George cheers Janis as she stage dives into them. Forget about the Burn Book, Janis wins burn of the century.

#4: White Goodman

“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (2004)
This guy has made a career out of picking on his patrons. You can see in his commercials and even in the videos he plays in his own gym that he body shames his gym members. It is one thing when White decides to buy Average Joe’s after it is in foreclosure, but when Peter and his friends are just trying to save their gym by competing in dodgeball, White joins the tournament with the sole purpose of keeping them under his thumb. He just needs to feel like he’s better than everyone. In the final face-off between him and Peter, White goes off on this super condescending speech only to be nailed right in the face by a blindfolded Peter. What a humiliating loss.

#3: The Stepsisters

“Cinderella” (1950)
This one is the definition of celebrating too early. They give it the old college try, but both of the stepsisters, Drizella and Anastasia, embarrass themselves trying to fit into the glass slipper. Anastasia tries to hide her much larger foot under her dress, but she’s not fooling anyone. Drizella actually has everyone believing her for a moment. But anyone can see that shoe is struggling to not to explode off of her foot as she screams with joy that it in fact fits. Who was she kidding? That thing shoots off of her giant foot like a bullet from a gun.

#2: Fred O’Bannion

“Dazed and Confused” (1993)
There are school jerks, and then there’s this guy. It is tradition for the new seniors to haze the incoming freshmen by way of paddling. But Fred takes a particular joy in welcoming the new students, Mitch and Carl, to the high school. After the initial beating, the battle between O’Bannion and Mitch and his friends goes back and forth a bit, but it’s the freshmen that get the final word. Fred thinks he's about to come out on top and finally get the best of them, but the freshmen humiliate him by dumping paint on him.

#1: Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen

“Back to the Future Part III” (1990)
In any timeline Biff, or whatever past or future counterpart of him is present, always thinks he's got Marty and his parents beat. Whether it be in a hoverboard chase, an old western shootout, or a good old fashioned high school fist fight, he is always knocked down a peg. We’re giving ancestor Buford Tannen the specific shout-out here because he had it worst of all. 1955 Biff got walloped and a faceful of manure while 2015’s Griff got arrested. Buford got all of the above. He thinks he’s killed Marty in the shoot-out and starts to celebrate. That is until Marty hops up, and he is beaten, dropped into a wheelbarrow full of manure, and arrested by the sheriff. The hat trick.