How we cite our quotes: All quotations are from The Breakfast Club.
Quote #7
BENDER: I bet he bought those for you! I bet those are a Christmas gift! Right? You know what I got for Christmas this year? It was a banner f***in' year at the old Bender family! I got a carton of cigarettes. The old man grabbed me and said "Hey! Smoke up Johnny!" Okay, so go home and cry to your daddy, don't cry here, okay?
Claire's parents gave her super-expensive diamond earrings, whereas Bender's dad gave him a carton of cigarettes—which is, admittedly, not an inexpensive gift in the present day, even if it's a toxic and parentally irresponsible one. Hughes wants to show how Bender's parents are warped and abusive—but maybe a better example of this would've been for Bender to get nothing for Christmas?
Quote #8
BENDER: Remember how you said your parents use you to get back at each other? Wouldn't I be outstanding in that capacity?
If Claire dates Bender, she's going with the archetypal "bad boy." Naturally, this is a great way for her to tick off her parents. They've been using her to get back at each other—but this allows her to get back at both of them, and throw a wrench into the whole machinery of how they relate to each other.