Heartwarming / Clueless

• Cher and her father have a sweet moment where he tells her she takes care of things around the house like her Missing Mom used to do.
  • Of particular mention is her acquiring of snacks for her father and his fellow lawyers.
  • Mel, being a litigation attorney, is extremely proud of Cher for being able to increase her grades by pure argument and persuasion.
• Josh sticking up for Cher when one of her dad's lawyers calls her "the dumb kid".
  • Also it's easy to miss but Cher seems more upset that she might have accidentally caused her father more work than because she's been insulted. It's another instance that shows how much she cares about his health.
• Travis and Tai finally getting together.
• Cher is very nice to her maid Lucy, despite the Mexican/Salvadoran mixup. She even mentions donating many outfits to her, either giving Lucy's daughter haute couture fashion on a maid's salary or a healthy side income reselling high fashion clothes.
• Cher going to Christian for advice later in the movie, saying he's great at making everything look beautiful and interesting.
• Mel tells Cher that he maintains a relationship with his ex-stepson Josh because "you divorce wives, not kids." Josh doesn't seem to have a very good home life (his new stepdad is a jerk, his mom doesn't seem that great either, and his biological father is never even mentioned) and Mel probably sensed that the boy was lonely and needed a good family.
• "If anything happens to my daughter, I have a 45 and a shovel. I doubt anybody would miss you."
• "Oh my God... I love Josh!"
• Cher's speech on immigration. She delivers it with her usual ditz's mentality to the point where she earns poor grade, but it also is a clear display of her good heart and nature. Her last line, "And may I remind you that it doesn't say R.S.V.P. on the Statue of Liberty," is extremely relevant even today.
• Elton, of all people, instigates one when he carries Tai into the kitchen after one of his "homies" knocks her out by kicking a shoe at her head. It could've just been a ploy to impress Cher; but when the possibility of a concussion is mentioned, he looks genuinely concerned for Tai and is quite sweet to her afterwards, demonstrating perhaps that while he might be an asshole when it comes to romantic relationships, he can be quite kind to others outside of that.
• Dionne and Cher's genuine friendship.
• When Cher decides to be a better person.
  Cher: I decided I needed a complete makeover. Except this time I'd make over my soul. But what makes somebody a better person? And then I realized all my friends were really good in different ways. Like Christian, he always wants things to be beautiful and interesting. Or Dionne and Murray, when they think no one is watching, are so considerate of each other. And poor Miss Geist, always trying to get us involved, no matter how much we resist.
• Cher's very sweet conversation with Travis when he brings in a box of donations and apologises for ruining her shoes at the Christmas party. Her attitude towards him compared to how she was at the beginning of the film has really improved. Followed by her going to watch his skateboarding tournament and making up with Tai.
  • Tai and Cher apologising, both believing that they were in the wrong and becoming friends again.
• Murray tells Dionne she can't drive "for shit" - however on the freeway, he does his best to keep her calm, never once yells at her and even tells her she did wonderful after they get off it, calling her honey and comforting her. It's one of the moments that shows that his and Dionne's antagonism of each other is mostly just for show.
• In a way the guy vomiting at the Christmas party, whose girlfriend is at his side and rubbing his back in concern.
• Christian saving Tai at the mall when those jerk guys tried to dump her off of the railing. She not only whispers "thank you" to him after he does, but he confronts them and later comforts her, stating how he'll get her some "R & R" ("rest and relaxation") after such an ordeal. Even when she questions what they are, he just lets out a hearty laugh.
• The fact that the leads are all at the wedding at the end. Normally, high school teachers don't invite students to their weddings. Mr. Hall and Ms. Geist likely realized that Cher had set them up, with some help from her friends, and instead of getting upset at them for meddling, are so grateful for doing so that they invited them to celebrate their marriage. Cher is even a bridesmaid!