History Awesome / Ratatouille

* Linguini starts to run out of the kitchen after Skinner fires him. After Linguini runs past Horst, Horst stops him by reaching back and grabbing the back of Linguini's collar ''without even looking''. This man has some incredible precision.

* In a mixture of a moment of awesome and heartwarming, we have Rémy coming back to Linguini after Skinner kidnaps him. As Linguini flounders at the restaurant as his coworkers pressure him to cook, Rémy shows up. The other chefs see him and react accordingly, rushing over to kill the rat. What does Rémy do? He puffs up his chest and stands his ground, trusting Linguini to intervene, which he does. It's this moment that truly cements the [[TrueCompanions bond]] between Rémy and Linguini.

** Linguini's entire character development, period. Remy became his own chef in this movie, but Linguini became his own hero. Someone who was a stuttering, wishy-washy klutz with no life direction into a young man who's got enough of a spine and self-respect to fight back against any voice or claim that he's worthless. Not only that, but this film also impressively misses the trap of having him fall into the trap of letting the fame get caught up to his head and still understand that he's only here to help get the job done. That's an hugely impressive and admirable strength for anybody, cook or no cook.

** Linguini's character development, period. Remy became a chef in this movie, but Linguini became a badass. Someone who was a stuttering, clumsy, wishy-washy boy into a young man who's got enough of a spine and self-respect to fight back against any voice or claim that he's worthless. That's an hugely impressive and admirable strength for anybody, cook or no cook.

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[[caption-width-right:350:"I killed a man... with this thumb!"]]

* The entire chase sequence with Remy trying to keep Skinner from getting the documents that prove Linguini is Gusteau's son. Not only does Remy get through busy traffic unscathed, he manages to outrun Skinner while the latter's ''on a motor scooter'', repeatedly stays one step ahead of him when they're jumping across boats and eventually glides to safety using the stolen documents while Skinner takes a watery plunge.

* '''Horst''': "I killed a man...with THIS thumb!" Then he threatens Skinner with the exact same thumb.

-->'''Django''': Where are you going?
-->'''Remy''': With luck, forward.

* The entire chase sequence with Remy trying to keep Skinner for taking the documents that prove Linguini is Gusteau's son. Not only does Remy get through busy traffic unscathed, he manages to outrun Skinner while the latter's ''on a motor scooter'', repeatedly stays one step ahead of him when they're jumping across boats and eventually glides to safety using the stolen documents while Skinner takes a watery plunge.

* The entire chase sequence with Remy trying to keep Skinner for taking the documents that prove Linguini is Gusteau's son. Not only does Remy get through busy traffic unscathed, he manages to outrun Skinner while the latter's ''on a motor scooter'', repeatedly stays one step ahead of him when they're jumping across boats and eventually manages to glide to safety with the stolen documents while Skinner takes a watery plunge.

* In a Meta sense. Most movies with a TeacherStudentRomance where it's a woman teaching a man sees the man eventually overtake his mentor because he's "special" or just because he's the protagonist despite the woman having had ''years'' of experience over him. This doesn't happen with Colette and Linguini at all because from start to finish Linguini remains a ''terrible'' chef [[spoiler: despite having the potential to be "special" due to being Chef Gusteau's son. [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong Instead he applies the rollerskating skills he already possessed to become an absolutely fantastic waiter]]]] while Colette remains the best chef in the kitchen bar Rémy, someone who has ''also'' been honing their craft for years.

** Linguini's line beforehand was pretty good. Anton Ego remained composed and pretty smug when he suddenly appears to talk to Linguini; after he calls Linguini 'slow for someone in the fast lane,' Linguini replies that Ego is thin for someone who likes food. Anton actually hesitates briefly and looks surprised, as do the reporters. From what it looks like, it's the first time someone talked back at him.

* Linguini, at the climax when he has to be the sole waiter for the entire restaurant. He handles the role with lightning efficiency, showing that maître d' is his true calling.
** He waits tables ''on roller skates.'' Without spilling ''anything''.

** Ego's final line in the film.