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They had three in the family
And that's a magic number...
To work! (Verb!)
To play!
(Verb!)
To live!
(Verb!)
To LOOOOOVE!
— "Verb: That's What's Happening"

Most of Schoolhouse Rock! is created off of Sweet Dreams Fuel, so it's no surprise that most of it is very touching.


Multiplication Rock

  • The ending stanza for "Three is a Magic Number": "They had three in the family/(And) that's a magic number..." The animation to go with it, too; the man and wife lovingly looking at their baby under the stars, then running through a field of flowers with the child when she's a bit older.
  • Throughout most of "My Hero, Zero", Zero's sister is incredibly skeptical about how great the practicality of 0 is, but by the end, she's shown comforting Zero, accepting how wonderful 0 actually is.

Grammar Rock

  • The ending to "Verb: That's What's Happening": "To work (Verb!)/ To play (Verb!)/ To live (Verb!)/ To love (Verb!)" (Played as a boy runs home to his mom and they hug)
  • The last two examples of the "So if you're..." montage from "Interjections!":
    • "Excited": A teenage girl nervously opens her report card, then gives a big "WOW!" showing that she got an A+.
    • "Glad": A younger girl riding a bike yells "Hey!" Her sentence is then revealed to be "Hey! I can ride a bike!"
  • "The Tale of Mr. Morton", which teaches about subjects and predicates in sentences about a man who falls for his female next-door neighbor. When he's too shy and nervous to tell her how he feels, she takes the initiative. The song closes out on the two of them snuggling up as their bus drives into the sunset.
    Mr. Morton was lonely
    Mr. Morton
    was
    Until Pearl showed up with a single rose
    Who says
    women can't propose?!
    Now Mr. Morton is happy
    And Pearl and the cat are too
    They're the subject of the sentence
    And what the predicate says, they do.
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    • Mr. Morton greeting his cat with a friendly "hello cat, you look good", and then later the cat delivers Pearl's note to him.

America Rock

  • "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" is a proud, sentimental look back on American history that's all about the perseverance and determination that got the Colonials through the Revolutionary War. It's an incredibly heartwarming ballad about the birth of a nation.
  • "He signed you, Bill! Now you're a law!" "OH YES!!"
  • There's just something about "I'm Gonna Send Your Vote to College" that's extremely heartwarming. It's the triumphant reunion of the Schoolhouse Rock crew.
  • "Fireworks": The paperboy reciting the opening line of the Declaration of Independence, joined in by more kids who fade in next to him, each adding another. The scene then fades to nighttime where they, along with Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty, watch a fireworks show.
    And if there's one thing that makes me happy
    Then you know that it's...
    Ooh!
    There's gonna be fireworks!

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