Heartwarming / Thumbelina (1994)

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• During the song "Thumbelina" while Thumbelina's mother is feeding the hens, a chick is unable to get near enough to eat so Thumbelina squeezes between the chickens, gathers up an armful of seed and brings it back to him. Then she pats his head while he eats.
• When the two first meet, Cornelius compliments Thumbelina on what a lovely name she has. What makes this heartwarming is if you know the original tale, in which the prince gives Thumbelina the name "Maia" due to thinking that her original name is unsuitable for her. By changing this, the prince is thus set apart from the toad, the beetle, and the mole, as unlike with them, Thumbelina doesn't feel pressured to change or suppress any part of herself — even something as simple as her name. Cornelius appreciates and loves her precisely as she is, which is why she loves him in kind.
• The entirety of "Follow Your Heart". The song is Jacquimo's attempt to cheer up Thumbelina and convince her to find her way home instead of sitting idly by and sulking. And it works!
  • Just before then, the actions of the Jitterbugs deserve some commendation. They join together in the nick of time to rescue Thumbelina from plummeting over a waterfall, and assure her that they will help her find her way home and won't let anything happen to her.
• After Thumbelina is crying after humiliated by the Beetle, Jacquimo flies over to comfort her.
  Jacquimo: You love... zhe beetle?
  Thumbelina: No—
  Jacquimo: Zhen never mind ze beetle! Good riddance to zhe beetle! And good riddance to the toad! Does Prince Cornelius think you are ugly?
  Thumbelina: (sniffs) No. He thinks I'm beautiful.
  Jacquimo: And so you are, mon ami.
• Thumbelina mourning Jacquimo when he appears to be dead in Mr. Mole's house and covering him with her shawl.
• Thumbelina and Cornelius reuniting, complete with The Big Damn Kiss.
  Thumbelina: [singing] Every day you'll take me higher... [stops singing] Let's be practical. This isn't the vale of the fairies! And Cornelius is never coming back!
  Cornelius: [arriving onscreen to triumphant music, sings the next line] And I'll never let you fall!
• Thumbelina seeing her mother at the wedding in the final scene, with Cornelius even bowing to his new mother-in-law.

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