History Awesome / Heathers

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!!The Movie

!!The Musical
* The angelic chanting as the Heathers enter in "Beautiful" is one for the titular trio. Similarly, "Candy Store" may celebrate their mean, degrading lifestyle, but damned if it isn't [[DoNotDoThisCoolThing glamorous!]]
* The ending of "Beautiful," with the result of TheMakeover being revealed. It's minor compared to all the others in the show, but it's impossible not to cheer when Veronica walks in, looking like a complete knockout, with a whole load of new self-confidence.
-->''Ask me how it feels,''\\
''lookin' like Hell on wheels!''\\
''My God, it's beautiful.''\\
''[[BeautifulAllAlong I might be beautiful]]!''\\
''And when you're beautiful,''\\
''it's a beautiful frickin' day!''
* Veronica crowdsurfing at the end of "Big Fun."
* Veronica giving the Heathers and everyone else at Ram's party a big "fuck you" for needlessly trying to humiliate Martha and dumping the pig mascot in the lake, especially since that incurs the wrath of Heather Chandler, which Veronica probably figured was going to happen and did it anyway. Do ''not'' mess with Martha.
** Also, Veronica is shown in Beautiful to be fairly non-confrontational to the jerks in her school. But the moment Martha is on the receiving end she tears him a new one and demands that he apologize. It shows early on that Veronica is a MamaBear to her only friend.
* "Lick it up, baby. LICK. IT. ''UP''."
* "You're Welcome," the song that replaced "Blue," adds one for Veronica. She uses her wits and her knowledge of self-defense to physically overcome two football players who are much bigger and stronger than her, and manages to retrieve her car keys and escape.
-->'''Veronica:''' I've got one last chance to save my ass\\
What was that move from my self-defense class?\\
They're a powder keg\\
So don't yell or beg\\
Stay friendly\\
Then gently accidentally\\
SWEEP THE LEG!''
* Similarly, "Never Shut Up Again" is a villainous example for Heather Duke. It can best be summarized as "FromNobodyToNightmare: The Song".
-->'''Heather Duke:''' I bit my tongue so long\\
I learned to count to ten\\
My silence made me strong\\
I did my time and then\\
A house dropped on her head! The witch is dead!\\
Ding dong!\\
''Move, bitch! This my song!''
* A villainous one for J.D. in "Our Love Is God". It's a very memorable VillainSong and his killing of Kurt and Ram would be hard to make more satisfying, and especially after what they've done throughout the show, listening to the guitar riff as J.D. forces Kurt to beg for his life is surprisingly cathartic.
--> ''The dinosaurs will turn to dust, they'll'' '''''die''''' ''because we say they must''.
* Kurt may be a massive JerkJock, but the fact he's defiant as J.D. is about to put a bullet through his brain is pretty awesome, even if it's between pleading for mercy.
--> '''Kurt:''' ''STOP BEING A DICK!''

* A weird example in "I Love My Dead Gay Son", but, despite what happens beforehand, the two fathers are able to overcome their homophobia and end up together. Doubles as a CMOF.
* Martha piecing together that Ram's death was a murder, the suicide note was faked, and that J.D. is the killer. The only thing she didn't figure out was a motive and that Veronica was involved. Granted, Veronica lies to cover her ass and gets Martha to think she was wrong, but you still have to hand it to her! Even Heather Chandler's ghost seems impressed.
* The London production gives us a new song called “I Say No” which is pretty much one massive TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to J.D, set to the tune of his and Veronica’s MadLove song. Carrie Hope Fletcher's powerhouse vocals don't hurt either. The cathartic moment comes when Veronica completely shoots down his reasoning for him being the way he is:
-->'''Veronica Sawyer:''' Blame your childhood,\\
Blame your dad,\\
Blame the life you never had,\\
But hurting people -- that's your choice, my friend.
* J.D. blackmailing Heather Duke. Sure, it’s to use her to help commit mass murder, but she’s been such a smug snake since Heather Chandler’s death that seeing her [[EvilerThanThou taken down a few pegs]] was extremely satisfying.
* The ghosts of Veronica's victims giving her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in "Yo Girl".
* J.D.'s entry to the house in "Yo Girl" is CreepyAwesome at its finest.
-->''Time's up, go say your prayers!''
* The live performance of "Meant to Be Yours". In the hands of a less skilled actor, it would be {{Narm}}, but in the hands of Ryan [=McCartan=], Dave Thomas Brown, or Dan Domenech, it's absolutely chilling. Jamie Muscato also gives all three a run for their money -- his performance went viral on [=TikTok=]. A well-done performance should portray JD's VillainousBreakdown as a classic demonstration of how abusers can realistically switch between furiously unhinged and pathetically pleading in milliseconds.
* "And there's your final bell; it's one more dance and then farewell! [[SeeYouInHell Cheek to cheek in Hell]], [[TakingYouWithMe with a dead girl walking!]]" BadassBoast, thy name is Veronica!
* The boiler room scene actually manages to be ''more'' awesome in the musical. In the movie, Veronica holds a gun on J.D., which was pretty badass. However, in the musical, he pulls the gun on ''her'', and what does she do? She calmly keeps walking towards him, even as the thing's barely an inch from her head, still trying to talk J.D. down! Girl's got guts.
** The entirely of "Dead Girl Walking (Reprise)". Just from her voice, you can tell Veronica is one thousand percent ''done'' with this shit.
--->'''Fleming:''' Veronica? Jason Dean told me you just committed suicide!\\
'''Veronica:''' Yeah? Well, he's wrong about a lot of things.
* J.D. gets his when he trades his life for Veronica's due to genuinely loving her. Simultaneously this, a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, and a ''massive'' TearJerker.
--> '''J.D.:''' [[DarkReprise Our Love]] [[TriumphantReprise Is God.]]\\
'''Veronica:''' Say hi to God...
* The final Confrontation between Heather Duke and Veronica.
-->'''Heather Duke:''' You look like Hell.\\
'''Veronica:''' (''goes up to Heather Duke'') I just got back. (''grabs the red scrunchie out of her hair, brings her face close enough for a TakeThatKiss, then raises the scrunchie in her hand as she sings'') Listen up folks, war is over, brand new sheriff's come to town...


!! The Series
* The fact that the series ends with [[VillainProtagonist Veronica and JD]] being left isolated from the rest of the cast’s heaven, stuck watching their happiness and unable to be seen or heard by them and unable to see or hear each other. After a whole season of them being pretentious murderers, it’s [[CatharsisFactor thoroughly satisfying]] and richly deserved.

* "And there's your final bell; it's one more dance and then farewell! [[SeeYouInHell Cheek to cheek in Hell]], with a dead girl walking!" BadassBoast, thy name is Veronica!

--> '''J.D.:''' [[DarkReprise Our Love]] [[TriumphantReprise Is God.]]

-->'''Fleming:''' Veronica? Jason Dean told me you just committed suicide!\\

* Veronica telling off the hippie teacher in the final act for saying an incredibly insensitive speech ("Whether or not to commit suicide is a big choice every teenager must face") was awesome.

--> '''Veronica:''' I've got one last chance to save my ass\\

* The London production gives us a new song called “I Say No” which is pretty much one massive reason you suck speech to J.D, set to the tune of his and Veronica’s MadLove song. Carrie Hope Fletcher's powerhouse vocals don't hurt either. The cathartic moment comes when Veronica completely shoots down his reasoning for him being the way he is:

But hurting people - that's your choice, my friend.

--> ''Time's up, go say your prayers!''
* The live performance of "Meant to Be Yours." In the hands of a less skilled actor, it would be {{Narm}}, but in the hands of Ryan [=McCartan=], Dave Thomas Brown, or Dan Domenech, it's absolutely chilling. Jamie Muscato also gives all three a run for their money - his performance went viral on [=TikTok=]. A well-done performance should portray JD's VillainousBreakdown as a classic demonstration of how abusers can realistically switch between furiously unhinged and pathetically pleading in milliseconds.

* The boiler room scene actually manages to be ''more'' awesome in the musical. In the movie, Veronica holds a gun to J.D., which was pretty badass. However, in the musical, he pulls the gun on ''her'', and what does she do? She calmly keeps walking towards him, even as the thing's barely an inch from her head, still trying to talk J.D. down! Girl's got guts.

* The Final Confrontation between Heather Duke and Veronica.
--> '''Heather Duke:''' You look like Hell.
--> '''Veronica:''' (''goes up to Heather Duke'') I just got back. (''Grabs the red scrunchie out of her hair, then brings her face close enough for a TakeThatKiss. She then raises the scrunchie in her hand as she sings'') Listen up folks, war is over, brand new sheriff's come to town...

* The fact that the series ends with [[VillainProtagonist Veronica and JD]] being left isolated from the rest of the cast’s heaven, stuck watching their happiness and unable to be seen or heard from them and unable to see or hear each other. After a whole season of them being pretentious murderers, it’s [[CatharsisFactor thoroughly satisfying]] and richly deserved.

-->'''Teacher:''' Veronica? Jason Dean told me you just committed suicide!\\

* Veronica giving an ArmorPiercingSlap to Heather Duke for making cruel comments regarding Martha's attempted suicide.

* The live performance of "Meant to Be Yours." In the hands of a less skilled actor, it would be {{Narm}}, but in the hands of Ryan [=McCartan=], Dave Thomas Brown, or Dan Domenech, it's absolutely chilling. Jamie Muscato also gives all three a run for their money - his performance went viral on [=TikTok=] A well-done performance should portray JD's VillainousBreakdown as a classic demonstration of how abusers can switch between furiously unhinged and pathetically pleading in milliseconds.

* The live performance of "Meant to Be Yours." In the hands of a less skilled actor, it would be {{Narm}}, but in the hands of Ryan [=McCartan=] and/or Dave Thomas Brown and/or Dan Domenech, it's absolutely chilling. Jamie Muscato also gives all three a run for their money - his performance went viral on [=TikTok=] as a classic demonstration of how abusers can switch between furiously unhinged and pathetically pleading in milliseconds.

* The live performance of "Meant to Be Yours." In the hands of a less skilled actor, it would be {{Narm}}, but in the hands of Ryan [=McCartan=] and/or Dave Thomas Brown and/or Dan Domenech, it's absolutely chilling.

* The sheer amount of quotable lines the film has produced is a meta moment of awesome.

** A meta moment. One would think J.D.’s crazy ramblings in the abovementioned song would be pure {{Narm}} regardless of who’s singing the lines, especially the bit where he talks about [[ItMakesSenseInContext marshmallows]]. It manages to be one of the most horrifying songs of the musical.

** Made exponentially more awesome by Barrett Weed and her alt-rock pipes - never has a D-to-F transition rocked harder.

* A charred and soot-blackened Veronica taking the scrunchie at the end of the film. Heather Duke is visibly stunned.

* A charred and soot-blackened Veronica taking the scrunchie at the end of the film. Heather Duke is visibly stunned by it.

* The entire confrontation in the boiler room.
** J.D. refuses to tell Veronica how to disable the bomb, and flips her off. Veronica responds by shooting his middle finger off.

* During the scene where the Heathers + Veronica are playing croquet, Chandler knocks [[ButtMonkey Duke's]] ball ''way'' off to the side, behind the fountain. Heather Duke makes the shot anyway, hitting it against the statue and sending it against the tree and then to the goal.

* Veronica giving an ArmorPiercingSlap to Heather Duke for making cruel comments regarding Martha's attempted suicide.
* The sheer amount of quotable lines the film has produced is a meta moment of awesome.
* Veronica stands up for herself during the Remington party, refusing to give the guy sex.
--> '''Veronica:''' You know, I have a little prepared speech I tell my suitor when he wants more than I’d like to give him.

* J.D.'s entry to the house in "Yo Girl" is CreepyAwesome at its finest.
--> ''Time's up, go say your prayers!''
* The ghosts of Veronica's victims giving her TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in "Yo Girl".
* The boiler room scene actually manages to be ''more'' awesome in the musical. In the movie, Veronica holds a gun to J.D., which was pretty badass. However, in the musical, he pulls the gun on ''her'', and what does she do? She calmly keeps walking towards him, even as the thing's barely an inch from her head, still trying to talk J.D. down! Girl's got guts.
* A villainous one for J.D. in "Our Love Is God". It's a very memorable VillainSong and his killing of Kurt and Ram would be hard to make more satisfying, and especially after what they've done throughout the show, listening to the guitar riff as J.D. forces Kurt to beg for his life is surprisingly cathartic.
--> ''The dinosaurs will turn to dust, they'll'' '''''die''''' ''because we say they must''.
* A weird example in "I Love My Dead Gay Son", but, despite what happens beforehand, the two fathers are able to overcome their homophobia and end up together. Doubles as a CMOF.
* The live performance of "Meant to Be Yours." In the hands of a less skilled actor, it would be {{Narm}}, but in the hands of Ryan [=McCartan=] and/or Dave Thomas Brown and/or Dan Domenech, it's absolutely chilling.
** A meta moment. One would think J.D.’s crazy ramblings in the abovementioned song would be pure {{Narm}} regardless of who’s singing the lines, especially the bit where he talks about [[ItMakesSenseInContext marshmallows]]. It manages to be one of the most horrifying songs of the musical.
* "Lick it up, baby. LICK. IT. ''UP''."
* Martha piecing together that Ram's death was a murder, the suicide note was faked, and that J.D. is the killer. The only thing she didn't figure out was a motive and that Veronica was involved. Granted, Veronica lies to cover her ass and gets Martha to think she was wrong, but you still have to hand it to her! Even Heather Chandler's ghost seems impressed.

* Kurt may be a massive JerkJock, but the fact he's defiant as J.D. is about to put a bullet through his brain is pretty awesome, even if it's between pleading for mercy.
--> '''Kurt:''' ''STOP BEING A DICK!''
* "And there's your final bell; it's one more dance and then farewell! [[SeeYouInHell Cheek to cheek in Hell]], with a dead girl walking!" BadassBoast, thy name is Veronica!
** Made exponentially more awesome by Barrett Weed and her alt-rock pipes - never has a D-to-F transition rocked harder.

* J.D. blackmailing Heather Duke. Sure, it’s to use her to help commit mass murder, but she’s been such a smug snake since Heather Chandler’s death that seeing her [[EvilerThanThou taken down a few pegs]] was extremely satisfying.
* J.D. gets his when he trades his life for Veronica's due to genuinely loving her. Simultaneously this, a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, and a ''massive'' TearJerker.
--> '''J.D.:''' [[DarkReprise Our Love]] [[TriumphantReprise Is God.]]
* The London production gives us a new song called “I Say No” which is pretty much one massive reason you suck speech to J.D, set to the tune of his and Veronica’s MadLove song. Carrie Hope Fletcher's powerhouse vocals don't hurt either. The cathartic moment comes when Veronica completely shoots down his reasoning for him being the way he is:
-->'''Veronica Sawyer:''' Blame your childhood,\\
Blame your dad,\\
Blame the life you never had,\\
But hurting people - that's your choice, my friend.
* The Final Confrontation between Heather Duke and Veronica.
--> '''Heather Duke:''' You look like Hell.
--> '''Veronica:''' (''goes up to Heather Duke'') I just got back. (''Grabs the red scrunchie out of her hair, then brings her face close enough for a TakeThatKiss. She then raises the scrunchie in her hand as she sings'') Listen up folks, war is over, brand new sheriff's come to town...

* Veronica giving the Heathers and everyone else at Ram's party a big "fuck you" for needlessly trying to humiliate Martha and dumping the pig mascot in the lake, especially since that incurs the wrath of Heather Chandler, which Veronica probably figured was going to happen and did it anyway. Do ''not'' mess with Martha.
** Also, Veronica is shown in Beautiful to be fairly non-confrontational to the jerks in her school. But the moment Martha is on the receiving end she tears him a new one and demands that he apologize. It shows early on that Veronica is a MamaBear to her only friend.

* The sheer amount of quotable lines the film (especially J.D.) has produced is a meta moment of awesome.

* As an awkward teen in the Eighties, the whole concept of a revenge fantasy against the bullying jerks was awesome. From the epitome of cool that JD and Veronica embodied, to the audacity in their actions and the slick way they talked, the movie was a great big "YEAH!"

--> '''HEATHER DUKE:''' You look like Hell.
--> '''VERONICA:''' (goes up to Heather Duke) I just got back. (Grabs the red scrunchie out of her hair, then brings her face close enough for a TakeThatKiss. She then raises the scrunchie in her hand as she sings) Listen up folks, war is over, brand new sheriff's come to town..."

But hurting people - that's your choice, my friend.\\

** Veronica: You know, I have a little prepared speech I tell my suitor when he wants more than I’d like to give him.

* The London production gives us a new song called “I Say No” which is pretty much one massive reason you suck speech to J.D, set to the tune of his and Veronica’s MadLove song.

** J.D. refuses to tell Veronica [[spoiler:how to disable the bomb, and flips her off.]] Veronica responds by [[spoiler:shooting his middle finger off]].

* Veronica giving an ArmorPiercingSlap to Heather Duke for making cruel comments regarding [[spoiler:Martha's attempted suicide.]]

* Martha [[spoiler:piecing together that Ram's death was a murder, the suicide note was faked, and that J.D. is the killer.]] The only thing she didn't figure out was a motive and that Veronica was involved. Granted, [[spoiler:Veronica lies to cover her ass and gets Martha to think she was wrong]], but you still have to hand it to her! [[spoiler:Even Heather Chandler's ghost seems impressed.]]

* Kurt may be a massive JerkJock, but the fact he's defiant as J.D. is [[spoiler: about to put a bullet through his brain]] is pretty awesome, even if it's between pleading for mercy.
--> '''Kurt''': ''STOP BEING A DICK!''

* J.D. gets his when he [[spoiler: trades his life for Veronica's due to genuinely loving her]]. Simultaneously this, a SugarWiki/{{Heartwarming Moment|s}}, and a ''massive'' TearJerker.
--> '''J.D.''': [[spoiler: [[DarkReprise Our Love]] [[TriumphantReprise Is God.]]]]

* The fact that the series ends with [[spoiler: [[VillainProtagonist Veronica and JD]] being left isolated from the rest of the cast’s heaven, stuck watching their happiness and unable to be seen or heard from them and unable to see or hear each other.]] After a whole season of them being pretentious murderers, it’s [[CatharsisFactor thoroughly satisfying]] and richly deserved.