Awesome / Happy Feet Two

• The movie has the spectacular climax where penguins, elephant seals, krill and one puffin, together give themselves one more chance to save the emperor penguins by pounding and dancing on the ice mass to a magnificent rendition of Queen's "Under Pressure."
  • The best part comes when near the end, it's Will the krill stomping his foot down that finally breaks the ice loose. Showing that it really doesn't matter if you're small; You still have the power to make a difference.
• Prior to that, Erik delivering an epic verbal smack-down to Bryan a la opera.
  • Erik suffers from what appears to be textbook social anxiety; unlike his father, he's perfectly capable of both singing and dancing, but is too terrified and insecure to relax and let himself be that vulnerable while surrounded by other people. It's severe enough that he "whizzes" in public when he makes a mistake that most of his friends would laugh off, and sometimes has panic attacks because he's experiencing intense emotions and has no way to release them safely, as seen before the Bridge of Light sequence. All this combines to mean that a single line—delivered in a deep, pure, unwavering voice—is enough to give the audience chills.
    "...And the kings are all fools..."
• Really, Erik's full opera deserves mention twice.
  Where is the honor when a solemn promise
  Is just a pretty lie
  And the mighty mock the courage
  Of the humble?
  Although he's just an ordinary penguin
  My daddy taught me
  You don't need to be colossal
  To be a great heart!
  You don't need to fly
  To be awesome!
  My hero:
  My father!
• And between these two instances is about twenty seconds of a spectacular rendition of "Rawhide" involving the elephant seals.
• "CARMEEEEEEEN! I'M COOOOMMMINGGGGGG!!!"
• The "We Are the Champions" scene, where Lovelace actually manages to signal for help from "the aliens" by air guitaring.

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