The Breakfast Club Scene 4 Summary

  • As detention drags on, the kids screw around and do basically nothing—for instance, Allison draws a picture and uses her dandruff as snow.
  • They all fall asleep (or seem to), but all raise their hands when Vernon asks them if they need to use the bathroom.
  • Back in the library, Bender tears pages out of a library book, heedlessly.
  • Andrew invites Claire to a party at some kid's house, but Claire says she won't go because she wants to avoid the parental conflict that ensues, with her parents blaming each other for the things she does.
  • Andrew and Allison (who just yells "Ha!") both say Claire's feeling sorry for herself.
  • Bender asks Andrew if he gets along with his own parents—which almost starts another fight. Brian tries to break it up but they ignore him.
  • Bender insults Brian, and Andrew chastens him for this. They learn Brian's name in the process, and Bender learns Claire's. He claims it's "a fat girl's name," insulting her further.
  • Claire flips him off, and Bender continues bothering her, asking her if she's a virgin and fantasizing about her having sex on a date in a car.
  • Bender moves toward Andrew, who knocks him away with a wrestling move.
  • Andrew calls him a coward, and Bender pulls out a switchblade. He ends up just stabbing it in one of the tables and leaving it there.