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Tear Jerker / Temple Grandin

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  • The meltdown scene after the sign falls off her door is both this and Nightmare Fuel.
  • The university taking away her squeeze machine is sad enough, but later a horrified Temple has to watch it get destroyed.
  • The funeral of Dr. Carlock. Temple looks so lost having to deal with death, much less the death of someone she was close to. Before leaving, Temple lets Eustacia briefly hug her..... which Eustacia never got to do before.
    • Doubles as a crowning moment of heartwarming.
    • Speaking of death, every scene with the death of an animal.
  • Even a few Real Life examples. Why do we never see Temple's father in the film? In Real Life, her father and mother divorced after disagreements on how to handle Temple. We hear him speak once, and that's it.

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